{"id":292051,"date":"2023-09-10T18:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T18:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292051"},"modified":"2023-09-10T18:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T18:34:19","slug":"kriel-should-have-been-sent-off-against-south-africa-says-barclay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/kriel-should-have-been-sent-off-against-south-africa-says-barclay\/","title":{"rendered":"Kriel should have been SENT OFF against South Africa says Barclay"},"content":{"rendered":"
John Barclay has insisted that Jesse Kriel should have been sent off for his head-on-head contact with Jack Dempsey in Scotland’s clash against South Africa.<\/p>\n
This comes after England’s Tom Curry was sent off for a similar challenge, with the flanker set to find out the duration of his suspension\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Speaking at half-time in the clash, Barclay revealed that he believes Kriel should have been shown red after the collission.<\/p>\n
He told ITV: ‘You’re two minutes into the game and you’ve got an incident that’s a red card. It’s a red card.<\/p>\n
‘He comes from a distance. A clear line of sight and he applies force. It’s head on head. It’s a red card.<\/p>\n
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Jesse Kriel should have been sent off for his head-on-head contact with Jack Dempsey, said John Barclay<\/p>\n
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The pair collided, with Barclay believing that ‘if you like it or not, that is a red card’<\/p>\n
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This comes after England’s Tom Curry was sent off for a similar challenge on Saturday night<\/p>\n
‘The way the game is refereed now, if you like it or not, that is a red card.’<\/p>\n
The former Scottish rugby union player continued to compare the incident to that of Curry’s on Saturday, which saw the England star sent off.<\/p>\n
‘We saw a very similar incident last night that was given as a yellow and then upgraded in the bunker to a red.<\/p>\n
‘This is where the game gets messy. They look very similar. From slightly different positions but that’s a red card. The fact it hasn’t been seen or reviewed is inexcusable.’<\/p>\n
However, Kriel got away with the challenge and was lucky to escape without further punishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barclay demanded consistency in decisions as England’s Curry was sent off for a similar incident.<\/p>\n
Despite the red, England overcame their adversity to produce an impressive 27-10 victory, with George Ford kicking all 27 points, and next face Japan in Nice on Sunday, but will be without Curry, who will attend a disciplinary hearing in Paris on Tuesday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n