Steve Hansen & Michael Cheika comment on Latu's yellow card
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen surmised Tolu Latu's needless yellow card in just eight words after the All Blacks 37-20 win over the Wallabies "You do dumb things you get dumb reactions."
All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor started the scuffle when in the 66th minute when he pushed Tolu Latu and he responded with a shove to the face.
"You aren't allowed to strike someone in the face so it was pretty clear wasn't it,"
"You do dumb things you get dumb reactions and the ref had no other option.
"If he hadn't done it he probably would have been hearing from his bosses.
"He did what he should do and give the guy 10 minutes
"Sport brings out moments where you overreact and their young hooker overreacted to something Codie did.
"It was a whole lot about nothing really."
Hansen's counterpart, Wallabies coach Michael Cheika, concurred.
"He shouldn't do it," Cheika said.
"That's the nature of where we are at at the moment.
"It's pretty simple but at the same time as a footballer you don't want to get pushed.
"I don't think the referee was going to do anything about it as he kept coming towards him.
"Maybe that's the expectation on us. He definitely shouldn't do it."
Quotes via: Rugbycomau
