Another decision that will still sink a lot of more … The second line of the All Blacks, Scott Barrett, was cleared after the red card he received on Friday night at Twickenham against South Africa . The New Zealander (29 years old, 62 selections) had been excluded after a violent clearing in the shoulder on the hooker of the Springboks, Malcolm Marx. The independent Disciplinary Committee was chaired by Sir James Dingemans (England), joined by former international Olly Kohn (Wales) and former referee Valeriu Toma (Romania).
“Scott Barrett is free to play after an independent judicial committee decided that his suspension in the warm-up match against South Africa on August 25, 2023 was sufficient and that no further punishment was necessary,” says World Rugby in a press release. Against the Boks, the New Zealanders had previously received two yellow cards in the first quarter of an hour.
Less than two weeks before the opening of the World Cup in France, the South Africans, reigning world champions, inflicted the worst defeat in their history on the All Blacks (35-7). The All Blacks, who had never lost by more than 21 points, will face France on September 8 at the opening of the 2023 World Cup. With Scott Barrett…