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Originally Posted by Ab
Here's another one of the legends: at RWC1987 there was a bit of biff in the NZ-Wales semifinal. Buck flattened Welsh lock Huw Richards with a strong punch, right in front of the touch judge. Oh shit. The touch judge conferred with the ref, NZ held its breath, and the ref went to his pocket. And red-carded Richards, who was still flat on his back on the grass.
The first ever red card in World Cup rugby was issued for the infringement of pissing Buck Shelford off.
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I hate to be pedantic, actually who am I kidding, but they didn't have the carding system in 1987.
