Gatland: Penalty try verdict was harsh

By ROGER PANTING

Wales head coach Warren Gatland said the yellow card issued to Rio Dyer played a large part in his side’s 52-16 defeat to South Africa.
Wales were making a good fist of testing the reigning World Champions by trailing only 12-9 in the 33rd minute when Irish referee Andrew Brace made the controversial decision to sin-bin Dyer and award a penalty try.
Gatland said: “Rio was really unlucky as we’ve looked at the incident by way of various angles and there is no doubt it was a tough call as I don’t think it was a penalty try at all. It was a pretty critical movement as up unt...

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