Wallabies in hot water over hair pulling incident
Rugby is a brutal sport but this incident during this weekends match went too far.
This weekend, South Africa took on Australia in a match that ended in a draw and saw South African's left in two minds about the Boks performance.
It is another draw between #Springboks, @qantaswallabies as no one can break stale mate. 27-all, thanks for a great game guys! #BokCountry pic.twitter.com/JOyTLEw7ad
— South African Rugby (@Springboks) September 30, 2017
One of the stand out moments from the match was incident that were Wallabies fullback Israel Folau was accused of pulling Bok winger Dillyn Leyds hair.
Leyds, has come out saying that Folau "100 per cent" pulled his and it prompted Bok captain Eben Etzebeth to charge Folau and caused a mid-match fight.
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While there were many calls on social media for Folau to be served with at least a yellow card for the apparent unsportsmanlike conduct, referee Ben O’Keeffe opted against any serious sanction, while warning Etzebeth for his conduct.
This is the video of the incident.