It is the first big surprise of the Rugby World Cup taking place in France and it happened in the Portuguese group. The Fiji Islands defeated Australia 22-15, a surprising result to say the least. Fiji had not defeated the Australians for 69 years.
Fiji is Portugal’s last opponent in group C. Before that, the team will play against Australia (October 1) and Georgia (Saturday, October 23). One match and the selector hopes to have Vincent Pinto, who saw a red card in the debut match, against Wales. “I hope they withdraw the red card and it is just yellow. They can do it, they have already done it with other players and I think it is appropriate in this situation,” Patrice Lagisquet said today in the aftermath of the match.
Portuguese winger Vincent Pinto was sent off in the 77th minute in the 28-8 defeat to Wales after bunker the referee of the match, the Englishman Karl Dickson, and the video referee (TMO) decided to increase the penalty to a red card.
This is a rule introduced at the 2023 World Cup in France that allows you to continue analyzing the footage of a move for another eight minutes in situations that qualify for at least a yellow card, but where the TMO cannot. decide whether to bid for a red card during the first two minutes of the match interruption.
Source: DN
