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Why Wayne Barnes Was 100% Right To Sin Bin Tomas Lavaninni

Conor O'Leary
By Conor O'Leary
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People aren't happy. Not happy at all. Argentina started the semi-final against Australia in a very nervous fashion. They have conceded three tries to Australia, and despite hanging in their with three penalty kicks - they look shaken.

It perhaps hasn't helped that their second row was given his second yellow card of the tournament - this time for a no-arms tackle:

People weren't happy with the decision, with Barnes coming in for a lot of criticism for the decision to give Lavininni a yellow card:

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But it was absolutely the right call. There is zero attempt to use his arms from Lavaninni, and it's a very dangerous tackle. It's dangerous to use your body as a missile to fire at a players knees or ankles. It's also dangerous to just recklessly throw your head in by a players knees. That's just asking for a concussion.

If more tackles like that get a yellow card, then the game will be a safer place. It is 100% possible to make a legal and safe chop tackle using your arms hitting low.

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