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Austin Healey calls out 'off-the-ball' hit that ended Stuart Hogg's game
By Ian Cameron
Austin Healey has called out an off the ball hit that ended Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg's match against Ireland in Murrayfield this afternoon.
Hogg hobbled off clutching his groan shortly after Ireland scored their first try through Conor Murray, apparently after taking an off the ball hit from Irish backrow Peter O'Mahony.
The BBC cameras either didn't pick up the contact, or at the very least decided it didn't warrant replay.
Healey wasn't best pleased: "Why haven’t they shown the hit on Hogg after chip that Led to Ireland’s first try" he tweeted.
Plenty agreed with his sentiment, including fellow BT commentator Lawrence Dallagio.
The SRU later confirmed that it was a shoulder injury that the fullback had suffered.
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Australia definitely the game of the weekend. Wallabies by 3.
Go to commentsSmith is playing a different game with the rest of the backs struggling to understand. That's the problem with so called playmakers, if nobody gets what they're doing then it often just leads to a turnover. It gets worse when Borthwick changes one of them, which is why they don't score points at the end. Sometimes having a brilliant playmaker can be problematic if a team cannot be built around them. Once again Borthwick seems lacking in either coaching or selection. I can't help but think it's the latter coupled with pressure to select the big name players.
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