De Klerk was sin-binned after leading with his head in this tackle on NavidiFaf de Klerk should be sweating on his availability for the forthcoming Test series but got off lightly for a “reckless” tackle for South Africa A against the British & Irish Lions, Warren Gatland suggested yesterday. The South Africa scrum half was shown a yellow card for his tackle on Josh Navidi when he led with his head in Wednesday’s game. SponsoredBut the Lions head coach felt that the incident merited a red card — and a potential ban that would have threatened De Klerk’s participation in the first Test a week on Saturday. “I thought it looked reckless to me,” Gatland said. “No arms and he’s hit the arm first and then the shoulder, but there’s definitely head-on-head contact.”De Klerk’s was the kind

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 22:52 UTC