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Chiefs midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown cited after meeting 'red card threshold'
By Ben Smith
Chiefs midfielder Anton Lientert-Brown has been cited following the Super Rugby final loss to the Crusaders which saw the All Black yellow carded early in the first half.
Lienert-Brown collided with Crusaders' right wing Dallas McLeod on a kick-off restart less than 10 minutes into the contest, with the Chiefs' No 12 making head-on-head contact.
Referee Ben O'Keeffe and the TMO concluded that the challenge warranted a yellow card which was later upheld after a review deemed that McLeod had 'dipped' enough to provide mitigating circumstances.
However, a post-game review by the citing commissioner has found that the 'red card threshold' was reached with the contact deemed dangerous enough to be investigated for foul play.
The Sanzaar Foul Play Review Committee will meet on Monday and decide what sanction is appropriate.
The Chiefs may have been lucky to escape a red card should the Committee agree with the commissioner's findings, which would add some reprieve to the match officials who were booed off the ground in the wake of the Chiefs' loss.
The Crusaders were able to escape from a potentially game-altering moment when a brilliant set-piece try to Emoni Narawa was overturned in the second half.
The deliberate overthrow found Damian McKenzie on the burst who broke away downfield and linked up with the latest All Black call-up for what would have been a 27-15 lead with a successful conversion.
A TMO intervention silenced the FMG Stadium crowd by calling up McKenzie for offside after starting early on his run towards the overthrown line out.
That offered the Crusaders an opportunity to turn the tables and they did so, capitalising on the possession by taking the lead through Codie Taylor's second try.
They also drew a yellow card offence from Chiefs captain Sam Cane which left the home side down to 14 men for the final period of play.
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You can understand that given the dishonest public comments by Galthie re Ringrose and Ntamack, that any citing commission are even less likely to react to another public attempt at pressure. These processes must run without favour to individual countries. Galthie is again demanding special treatment for France. You will note that a a direct result of Galthies public attacks both Beirne and Porter ave received threats from French supporters?
Galthies behaviour did gain one result: Carley seemed to be afraid to give a straight red for the off the ball Mauvaka head butt on Saturday.
I am not a betting man but I can see France eliminated from RWC 2027 on a controversial decision. Everyone will smile and think; “The boy who cried wolf”.
Just to clarify the ONLY issue otehrwise in refereeing or citing issue was inexplicably ‘forgetting’ Thomas’ broken nose which allowed Ntamack to avoid a full 6 nations ban.
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