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    TALKING POINT | Did Stormers flank deserve red?

    2020-03-14 18:43

    A big talking point in Saturday's Sharks v Stormers game came when the Cape side's flank Johan du Toit received a yellow card in the first minute for taking out Sharks scrumhalf Louis Schreuder in the air.

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    Schreuder fell awkwardly on his back but referee AJ Jacobs overruled the television match official Willie Vos's advice to hand out a red card.

    Jacobs said Schreuder fell on his back - and not his head first - which the referee used as a mitigating factor.

    Opinion is sure to be divided over the decision.

    WATCH the incident in the tweet below and make up your own mind.

    The Sharks won the match 24-14.

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