Quote Originally Posted by John2 View Post
What a fantastic result, and given the context of the game - so important - and to come back to beat them with 10 men made it all the sweeter.

I feel like a lonely voice saying this, and the camera angle I saw on iFollow obscured it to the point it was hard to tell - but when Smith got up my gut reaction when I saw his body motion that he had pushed his head forward onto their player was "I hope that's not a sending off".

I was annoyed because its just such a stupid thing to do, because even if you do it at a slow speed its technically a headbut, and whilst it shouldn't be a sending off unless its a 'proper' one with force, it forces the referee into making a decision. On this occasion he made the wrong decision, but Smith has to take some responsibility as well (at least from the angle that I saw). If you press your head against an opponent you're exposing yourself to a self inflicted risk of getting sent off. The simple solution is just don't do it, though I can completely understand his frustration.
I agree with that but I was pissed off because he didn’t even give a yellow or have a word for the elbow, didn’t even have a word when their player tried to rugby tackle Angus, wasn’t interested when Smith had his shirt ripped.
I suppose he didn’t see any of that