Matt Giteau, Wallabies flyhalf was yellow carded in the 35th minute after taking out the Bok scrumhalf in the air. New Zealand citing officer David Gray took no further action, which surprised SA Rugby’s manager of referees Andre Watson.
‘It looks bad, but it was Giteau’s arm leading the way,’ Watson told the Cape Times. ‘I don’t think it should be upgraded to a red card. Giteau’s arm was out and he caught Fourie, who got hurt in the incident. He floored Fourie du Preez while the Springbok scrumhalf was waiting for a high ball. Giteau knocked him down with his elbow and made no attempt to play the ball. If he did then i would of left it, but watch the replay and you can see he was playing the man and not the ball!!!
Spiro Zavos is quick to blame SA for ruthless play and boring rugby, but this Australian idiot has never even played International rugby, EVER!
So how can he comment on anything on the field.. can you catch a rugby ball?
Again Aus and NZ moan when SA beat them, get over it!
SCIENIDE - Matrix_xFx 
August 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM
[…] was red carded for the offence during the match but, in a repeat of the Matt Giteau tackle on Fourie Du Preez, which was fairly similar although far less lethal, Bott has also not been […]