Yes Ngatai's collision with Dixon was dangerous and he was lucky to escape with only a yellow. But it wasn't deliberate, or foul play. It looked spectacular and the only mitigation was that Dixon jumped up into the tackle and put his centre of gravity well above Ngatai's shoulder who was already committed to the tackle and clearly didn't know where Dixon had gone. But its completely different from deliberately cleaning a jumping player's legs out from under him, or speartackling. Otherwise it would seem that the next step by the rule makers will be to not allow tackles if the ball carrier doesn't have both feet on the ground. But then again Naholo diving in on Lowe who was on the ground retrieving the ball, was a deliberate act of foul play that went unpunished, so go figure. Ngatai's yellow was the appropriate decision, but I am a Chiefs supporter. Although the way they played tonight, was hard to watch.
The Chiefs were never going to win when the ball appeared to turn into a piece of soap every time they got hold of it.
I also don't think the pass to Naholo was forward.
The second yellow was just plain dumb and removed any chance of a fightback. You can't win a game either, when your talismanic players like Retallick, Cruden, McKenzie and Leitch are spilling the ball. The only phase that the Chiefs were better than the Highlanders was the lineout. Apart from flashes of brilliance they were outplayed by a clever defence and surgical attack.
Aaron Smith didn't have a stunner, but he still showed Brad Webber who is No1.

The next game that has me excited is the Crusaders/Highlanders clash next Friday. Should be a cracker.