Dane Coles slammed after his cheap shot goes unpunished
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The Sharks were without Curwin Bosch for personal reasons and saw Boeta Chamberlain and Makazole Mapimpi exit the game early due to failed head injury assessments.
Two tries apiece sent the teams into half-time level but Ben Lam crossed twice within 11 minutes of the restart to put the Hurricanes in control.
Dane Coles touched down from the back of a driving maul to extend their advantage but Mzamo Majola went over to deny the hosts a try-scoring bonus point.
However, it was Coles' actions soon after his try that cause controversy as the hooker dived on Sanele Nohama.
Coles hit the scrumhalf, who was filling in at flyhalf, on the ground with what looked like a stiff arm causing a scuffle between the two sides.
The All Black hooker got away with just a penalty and Twitter did not react kindly as they slammed him for his cheap shot and labelled the hooker a thug.
Discipline changed when Dane Coles came on - Yor, he's dirty!
— Sardieq (@Sardieqs_WP) February 15, 2020
Cite the MOFO @SuperRugby
Dane Coles is a filthy player. #HURvSHA
— Sean Jefferies (@SeanJeff1973) February 15, 2020
@WorldRugby can have another refereeing course where upcoming refs will be forced to sit through a review where Dane Coles diving on a player is unacceptable, yet nothing is done at the moment 🤷🏻♂️ #SSRugby #HURvSHA
— Travis (@wanderingTrav) February 15, 2020
That's Dane Coles though he's always been dirty like that and always gets away with it
— Matthew Bauer (@mattbauer_5) February 15, 2020
Vintage Dane Coles really. He's now spoilt a really well mannered game.
— Philasande Sixaba (@psixaba) February 15, 2020
Dane Coles is a thug
— marcel (@marcel__za) February 15, 2020
Dane Coles - king of cheap shots. Yellow is the right colour for him. #HURvSHA
— Craig Ray (@craigray11) February 15, 2020
Dane Coles remains dirty
— Super Linebreaks (@SuperLinebreaks) February 15, 2020
Dane Coles is a dirty bugger. How is that not at least a yellow?
— IG: johngoliath (@JohnGoliath82) February 15, 2020
I despise everything about Dane Coles, one of the dirtiest, off the ball players I have ever seen, horrible horrible excuse of a man
— Matt🔰 (@Chosen_Wan29) February 15, 2020
