So i have often heard Ozzies and South Africans talk about the All Blacks get favoured by the referees, and always considered it sour grapes..... until now.
In the last few weeks of the Trinations we have had some mild foul play on the part of South Africa and Australia (the tip tackles by Fourie and Cooper which were basically non-events) get punished with yellow cards as well as suspensions.
Then in the game on saturday Woodcock commits an act equally as blatan, intentional, and illegal as the Bakkies Botha headbutt (the difference being Botha was provoked, Woodcock was not). The referee sees it, and all Woodcock gets is a simple warning from the ref. To top it off he is not even cited by the commissioner. Ridiculous. How can the tip tackles warrant suspensions on top of the yellow cards, the headbutt warrant 9 weeks suspension, yet the blatant foul play by woodcock is waved away as nothing.
It's no wonder people complain about the ABs getting favourable treatment when this sort of thing happens. How can this be seen as anything but bias towards the ABs?