All Blacks ace in hot water for nasty head clash

Chiefs prima Anton Lienert-Brown has been cited for the nasty caput clash that ended Crusaders winger Dallas McLeod's Super Rugby Pacific last connected Saturday night.

Referee Ben O'Keeffe gave Lienert-Brown a yellowish paper successful the archetypal fractional and tv lucifer authoritative Brendon Pickerill did not deem the incidental worthy of upgrading to a red.

But SANZAAR's citing commissioner disagreed and the foul play reappraisal committee volition present see the lawsuit connected Monday.

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Dallas McLeod astatine FMG Stadium Waikato. (Getty)

Ex-Wallabies Morgan Turinui and Justin Harrison were some baffled that the All Blacks midfielder was allowed to instrumentality to the park.

"Completely amazed that it didn't get upgraded to a reddish card," Turinui said connected Stan Sport's halftime coverage.

"I don't deliberation there's capable mitigation present not to upgrade it."

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Anton Lienert-Brown and Dallas McLeod. (Getty)

Harrison added: "That should person been a red, we cognize that."

Lienert-Brown and the uncapped McLeod were among 5 midfielders named successful Ian Foster's All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship.

A bloodied McLeod failed his caput wounded appraisal and was replaced by Chay Fihaki arsenic the Crusaders won a seventh consecutive Super Rugby rubric with a gripping 25-20 triumph successful Hamilton.

Robertson signs disconnected with 1 past breakdance

It was the cleanable farewell for breakdancing Crusaders manager Scott Robertson, who volition pb the All Blacks adjacent year, and departing stars Sam Whitelock, Richie Mo'unga, Leicester Fainga'anuku and Jack Goodhue.

"He deserves a peculiar mention," Robertson said of Whitelock.

"He played 80 minutes and wasn't going to travel off. We deliberation he's an immortal and is simply a God similar fig to us," Robertson said.

Sam Whitelock of the Crusaders celebrates aft winning. (Getty)

"He rises each time and for him to person this infinitesimal is beauteous special."

Whitelock, 34, was successful uncertainty for the last due to the fact that of a nagging Achilles injury.

"The assemblage is decidedly sore. I deliberation I'll beryllium successful a spot of occupation with All Blacks management," Whitelock said.

Stevenson skins the Crusaders

Chiefs manager Clayton McMillan had a grumble aft the lucifer successful which Luke Jacobson and Sam Cane besides copped yellowish cards.

O'Keeffe awarded a 15-8 punishment number successful favour of the Crusaders.

"It's going to beryllium pugnacious to bushed the Crusaders erstwhile you person 3 yellowish cards," McMillan said.

Coach Scott Robertson of the Crusaders breakdances aft winning. (Getty)

"It's 1 of those things wherever I'll person to person a bully look and find if they were the close calls. The referee evidently deemed it was. And I deliberation that that astir apt played a portion successful the outcome.

"I honestly deliberation the biggest call, momentum swinger, was what I thought was a wide and evident guardant walk conscionable earlier halftime.

"That gives america a scrum, we use immoderate unit down that extremity of the field... They people disconnected the play after. That's a large moment. I don't privation to container the referee. The assemblage did that astatine the extremity of the game, possibly that says something."

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