Yellow card baffles Warburton
February 07, 2012 08:21:40 UK
Wales captain Sam Warburton insists players just want consistency after Bradley Davies' controversial tip-tackle in their 23-21 triumph over Ireland.
Sam Warburton was sent off in the World Cup semi-final defeat to France.Davies was only shown a yellow card 15 minutes from the end of the game, a tackle that could have been considered worse than Warburton's red card offence in the World Cup semi-final against France.
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With Ireland's Stephen Ferris also sin-binned for an alleged dangerous tackle, a controversial decision that led to the visitors' match-winning penalty, the Welsh skipper hopes the relevant authorities can define the lines between the offences.
"I just saw it down there and there wasn't much of a difference [to mine in the World Cup]," he said. "Players just want a bit of consistency, but we have to deal with it. It was given as a yellow card and we did well despite it.
"It was worth a yellow card, it was cynical and he knows that, it was one of those decisions that you make in the heat of the moment.
"I'm sure he'll learn from it, but luckily the boys did really well with 14 men and to close the game a little bit, and to play in the right areas."
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Despite all the focus on the two contentious tackles, Warburton praised team-mate Leigh Halfpenny who kicked the 80th minute penalty.
He added: "Being at the same club with Leigh, I see him after training for ages out on the pitch banging them over all day long. It's a bit different when you've got 50,000 Irishmen against you, but he deserves that because he was gutted about the semi-final miss."
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