WATCH: Samu Kerevi's ‘reckless’ chargedown

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has branded Samu Kerevi’s attempted charge down on Leigh Halfpenny’s clearance kick as reckless and worthy of at least a penalty.

“I thought it was reckless,” he said. “It was potentially a penalty or a yellow card. He was going to make contact with him but he has left that shoulder in. He could have turned his back or put an arm out to soften the blow. But I’m not worried about consistency. It is a tough job out there for a referee. If the referee puts his hand up and says he has made a mistake I am happy enough with that.”

New Zealand referee Ben O’Keefe, decided, without consulting the TMO, that there was nothing Kerevi could do, that the contact was accidental.

None of which changed the fact that Halfpenny, after a torrid match in which he had missed two easy penalties in the first half and found a measure of redemption in the second, had to be removed for a head injury assessment.