Playing against 16 men.

Australia attack and are close to the South African line. Will Genia scampers away from a tackle/ruck. Danie Rossouw catches him and the two go to ground, Rossouw moving backwards to allow a free passage for the ball.

the next player to arrive is Dean Mumm of Australia who stays on his feet over the ball.

So far all three players have done their duty admirably.

BJ Botha approaches and his action ends up with him in the sin bin and some tough words from the commentator, Bob Skinstad. We shall look at what he did and then in the next clip look at David Pocock's action mentioned in the clip.

Botha did not get sent to the sin bin for nothing. He did something and what he did was considered wrong. If he did something wrong, whatever anybody else did before or after will not change that. If it was right to send Botha to the sin bin, then that is what should have happened regardless of any other oversight or poor decision. If it was right to send Botha to the win bin, it would have been wrong not to send him to the sin bin. Two wrongs would not make a right.

Let's see what he did.

The ball that Genia had released was clearly avail able to Australia with Mumm over it protecting it. Botha then came onto the ball. He did so from the side, not far from the side but from the side. He forced his body beyond the ball. He did that deliberately. He was not pushed or pulled into that position.

He was there for a while and then opened up his body by lifting his right hand though his side stayed on the ball.

Botha considerably slowed down a freely available ball.

That certainly gave the referee reason to send him to the sin bin.

The referee had a clear view of what Botha did from close quarters.

The commentator's comments were at least irresponsible and almost childish - playing against 16 men, a mediocre refereeing performance. It is the sort of thing that incites fans who are already suffering the agony of seeing their team getting a hiding.