After White was pushed to the ground by French full-back Thomas Ramos, Mauvaka then appeared to launch himself at the Toulon scrum-half leading with his head, after the whistle had blown.
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Read MoreThe incident took place after 20 minutes with the score at 13-5 to France and Mauvaka was able to play a key role in their victory after returning from the sin bin.
“I’m not sure that is the criterion for a non-tackle incident. That was clearly not a tackle incident. It was after the whistle. So if there was head contact and that was intentional, it shouldn’t really have anything to do with the force.”
Meanwhile former Scotland No 8 Johnnie Beattie said on ITV: “I’d say so [Mauvaka should have been sent off]. You can’t be flying across by the head at people in rugby. We don’t have a place for that in our sport. I think he’s very lucky. He’s very fortunate that hasn’t been upgraded to a red.”
Yet ITV commentator Scott Hastings agreed with the call, saying: “That is the right decision. Mauvaka had an opportunity to stop, but he has thrown himself into Ben White. It’s a yellow card. On a rugby field, you can’t do that.”
"You can't be flying across the ground and headbutting people in rugby."
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Assessed by that standard, a yellow card would still be generous, but it is more understandable how they have reached that decision.
These are all grounds for a potential red card and when combined, certainly should have earned one.
“But I think [the bunker review system] gives referees an out. We’ve taken decision-making away from referees. That’s the process we have now to speed up the game, but you don’t want to miss incidents that are clearly red cards.”
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