Verdict: Waterboy Rassie Erasmus can’t gloss over this

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Ben O'Keeffe lets Cheslin Kolbe off lightly after a week of attention on the referees brought on by Rassie Erasmus

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 31: Cheslin Kolbe of South Africa is shown the yellow card by referee Ben O'Keeffe after a tackle on Conor Murray during the 2nd test match between South Africa Springboks and the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on July 31, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

After a fractious week a game of rugby finally broke out, well in the second half anyway. The opening 40 minutes was a complete shambles,a bad-tempered bar room brawl of a half which rather shames the game. South Africa improved considerably after the break while the Lions disappeared off the radar in what was by some distance their worst performance under Warren Gatland.
Quite what all this means I haven’t quite processed but let’s deal with the first half and take it from there.
Both sides were always going to test Ben O’Keeffe and the officials given the build-up and rightly assumed the...

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