Scott Robertson gives World Rugby \u2018important feedback\u2019 after Ireland v All Blacks issue<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cCaleb Clarke has got a clear line of sight, so when you talk about mitigation and things changing dynamics last second, that can alter the outcome of the decision or whether there was foul play or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaleb Clarke has got a clear line of sight which means he can see exactly what is happening and because of that, he has then got time to adjust and avoid the final outcome of hitting the head.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo we have foul play? Yes we do, we have head contact. They will look at the degree of danger, which probably isn\u2019t as high as a shoulder to the head. It can be but in this instance it\u2019s deemed not to be a high degree of danger.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut because of the clear line of sight, because of the actions, what that should have been was a yellow card.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying it reaches a threshold of a yellow card to go to the bunker to decide whether it\u2019s a red or not, but this certainly should have been a yellow card.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cEven though there was a dip by the Irish player, the fact he was already doing this and had a clear line of sight, that then was not enough to mitigate it down from what should be a yellow card to a penalty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision should have been a yellow card.\u201d<\/p>\n
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