’Dumb things’ cost the Wallabies

MICHAEL Cheika lamented the Wallabies’ poor discipline after a yellow card cost Australia a foothold in the third Bledisloe Cup Test. Replacement hooker Tolu Latu niggled his opposite man, Codie Taylor, with a slap coming out of a scrum. Taylor responded with a heavy shove and Latu retaliated with a palm in Taylor’s face.
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen said it was “probably” a soft yellow card from Poite and chastised his player, Taylor, for getting involved in an altercation, but added that when “you do dumb things, you get dumb reactions”.
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