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Published 10:14 10 Jul 2022 BST
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"The game’s gone out of control," Eddie Jones told reporters, after his side had defeated the Wallabies.
Jones was a supporter of the 20-minute red card trial, which was used in Super Rugby this year. The cards would be shown for dangerous play that was more about poor body position or tackle technique, rather than anything malicious, pre-meditated or violent, which would still merit a full red card. While many in the southern hemisphere were in favour of extending the 20-minute red card into Test rugby, and other competitions, World Rugby opted against it. Referring specifically to the cards in the All Blacks game, Eddie Jones added:"We saw the New Zealand-Ireland Test - at one stage the commentators couldn’t count how many players were on the field. Seriously. And they had three backs packing the scrum.
“We’ve gone the full hog, where everything is a yellow card, everything is a red card. There needs to be some common sense come back into the game."
"That’s a more common sensical approach. The All Blacks prop, he got more injured than the ball carrier, there was nothing intentional about him, it was a complete accident. He’s 135kg ... and he got beaten by a change of direction and his head hit [Ringrose's] head.""To lose a player for that sort of incident," added Jones, "I don’t think is in the spirit of the game."
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