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Player welfare ignored again with Romain Ntamack’s red card

Player welfare

By Peter Jackson
Referee Paul Williams’ report to the tribunal of Romain Ntamack’s hit on Ben Thomas 10 minutes from the end of the France-Wales mismatch: “Head contact, foul play as player upright, high degree of danger, no mitigation as always illegal, no wrap.’’
Why, then, did the New Zealand official opt to give him a yellow card instead of a red one?
The Fair Play Review Officer Damon Murphy’s report on the same incident: “The French No.10’s shoulder made direct contact with the head of the Welsh player.
The tackle was highly dangerous with no mitigating factors. The French player was a...

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