Understanding South Africa’s back-to-back red cards

About this episode

Nigel Owens and Jamie Roberts discuss the implications of recent red cards in rugby, focusing on South Africa's players and other significant incidents during the November Tests.

Just as the temperature cools, things have been heating up in the November Tests - and Nigel Owens and Jamie Roberts are back on the farm to discuss another weekend (and then some) of big calls. For the second time in two weeks, a Springboks lock was handed a straight red card - but Franco Mostert wasn't the only player sent from the field throughout the weekend. Nigel and Jamie examine Codie Taylor's 'cynical' play, Sergio Manoel Silveira de Luna kick and some unusual goings on in Wales' win over Japan. Whistle Watch is in partnership with Emirates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nigel Owens, Jamie Roberts

Topics covered

• rugby
• red cards
• November Tests
• Springboks
• player conduct
• Wales vs Japan

Keywords

• red cards
• rugby
• November Tests
• Springboks
• Codie Taylor
• Franco Mostert
• Wales
• Japan

Sponsors

Emirates

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Wales, Japan

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