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Watch - Jasper Wiese sees red in last game for Leicester

Jasper Wiese is sent off by Karl Dickson Credit: TNT Sport

Springbok back row Jasper Wiese signed off from Leicester Tigers with a red card after being sent off as his side beat Exeter Chiefs at Welford Road on Saturday.

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Leicester bagged a 40-22 victory over Exeter despite the incident that happened 12 minutes from full time, with Wiese seemingly losing his cool at a ruck following a clean-out on a teammate by the an Exeter forward.

Wiese appeared to lift Exeter replacement Ross Vintcent from the ground before dispositing him back down clumsily.

Referee Karl Dickson decided it met the red card threshold and sent him from the field following a TMO review.

The Springbok No.8 Wiese has been no stranger to cards during his time with Leicester Tigers.

Despite ending his time on a sour note, Wisee will be remembered fondly by Tigers’ fans as one of their finest imports.

The red card could mean that the No.8 will miss Test availability for the Springboks, who play Ireland later this summer in a two match tour of South Africa.

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If he is suspended for one or more of the summer Tests, it could open the door for Stormers’ back row Evan Roos at No.8.

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NK 470 days ago

don’t want to sound dramatic but this is not worthy of suspension, rather a suspended prison sentence

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Pn 474 days ago

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TI 17 minutes ago
Argentina player ratings vs New Zealand | 2025 Rugby Championship

Yeah, prime Picamoles was an absolute beast. Unfair to him, but just like Guirado, he’ll not be rated as high as he deserves, because his prime coincided with a fallow period in French rugby.

To me, Galthie is unpredictable in his selection. I wish I could see into his head with some of those decisions. Ollivon, Jalibert, Jaminet (even prior to his insensitive diatribe), even Fickou as far as I can recall found themselves in the dog house, not being selected. He completely moved away from Chat (I mean, he was not going to start over Mauvaka and Marchand, but he’s not even the 3rd option now), Mauvaka was originally a bench-warmer, even though he was the best French player at the 2023 RWC by a country mile. Hastoy gets nominated, then never gets a real shot, then he goes to the doghouse for three years only to be recalled to a B-side mid-year internationals tour. Etc. etc. Blimey, if I understand Glathie’s thought processes. To me, it just makes zero sense to drop a player because of one red card, and Danty should always be in the broader squad for the hardball 12 gameplan, as there simply isn’t a comparable option, as we agreed.



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Hammer Head 27 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

So you can’t tell us?

You used the term elite, so define it for us and give us an answer.



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d 27 minutes ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

It keeps coming back to this; even if, through sheer desperation, we win this weekend, are any of us convinced that our national rugby organisation has equipped our players with the skills and the leadership to perform consistently?

If there’s any hope at all, it’s in the fact that both Graham Henry and Wayne Smith had poor starts to their AB coaching careers before similar desperation drove them to team up to rewrite the manual.



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Hammer Head 29 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

I think Pollard is pretty much at the top of the pecking order.

Everyone else seems to hail their older more experienced flyhalves. I mean George Ford was recently called the best in the world. The ABs are relying on BB. RM will walk back in in his 30s.



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HOFer 30 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

They won’t be ready by 2027. More 2031.

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fl 31 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

well it will depend how wide your definition of “elite” is, but by any definition there are fewer in SA than in NZ, Ireland, France, England, or possibly Australia & Argentina.

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HOFer 31 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

His ‘best team’ won’t make it to the next RWC. If they do, they will be dragged in the quarters. SA should be concerned that he has stopped building and resorted to squeezing the last drop of blood from the stone.

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Hammer Head 32 minutes ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

I don’t know. Tell us.

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TI 37 minutes ago
Jordie Barrett hails 'unbelievable' Springbok rival Damian de Allende

Aki and Menoncello need to be on that list. Danty should be as well.

In the outgoing gen, Aki and DDA are the best, utterly dominant. Three four years from now it will be Chocobares, Menoncello, Ikitau, and Moefana.



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JWH 48 minutes ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

For a double world cup winning team SA have little aura.

If you ain’t scared this weekend, watch a slasher film. This is one for the ages, and if that doesn’t get your blood pumping idk what will.



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cw 50 minutes ago
Steven Kitshoff warns of 'angry' All Blacks welcome at Eden Park

Both teams not 100%. All Blacks very passive against Argentina and will be very fired up. They also have best bench they had in a while. Boks back to normal in second test against Aussie but have not met their high 2024 standards. Will be close but going with ABs by 5

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JWH 50 minutes ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

Feels like Razor needs to make a big boot camp with some promising young players so he can see what they do up close. I think its hard on the selectors to judge players from afar; possibly in systems which may not suit them but would work well in the ABs.

It’s strange how this year is kind of 2 sides of the same coin of 2021. In 2021, the forwards looked totally disjointed while the backs were magic. Now, the forwards are magic and the backs disjointed. Would like to see Schmidt back around the ABs, not as a coach but more of an advisory role while they are at home of work ons and little one percenters that slightly elevate the players.



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fl 51 minutes ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

not sure the Bok team are very frightening either! but don’t let that get in the way of your arrogance.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
Young stars shift roles again as Black Ferns name strong side for Ireland

Black Ferns have 11 gone from the WXV1 test 23, & only 6 starters remain. I’m still not a fan of Alana at lock, especially tightside lock. Great to see Bayfield as lock/loosie bench cover.

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GodOfFriedChicken 1 hour ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

Yep. We wanted him (and I admit I was one of those and still think he can grow into the role), but he still has to hold up his end of the bargain. People here argue with me but poor discipline and what feels like a lack of situational awareness are signs that coaching needs to be better. What the players bring out to the field is the result of their preparation. Otherwise we’re getting another Robbie Deans situation where a winner at Super level doesn’t manage to translate the same success into the test arena, arguably because you can’t rely as much on a talent disparity.

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YeowNotEven 1 hour ago
Ethan Blackadder's All Blacks recall bid clouded by season-ending injury

He needs to either retire or try to get paid in Yen first because his body just can’t hack it.

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Nickers 1 hour ago
We’ve seen good players get worse within the All Blacks

I don’t know what anyone has seen in the past 5 ABs games to make them any more than 50/50 on the outcome of tomorrow’s game. People still think of this ABs like it was many years ago, or even what they had nearly gotten back to in 2023. But this is the ABs of 2021 all over again. Even if they are angry, even if they are wounded, all the language that’s been used over the years to foreshadow impending doom for their next opponents - they are not that team at the moment. They don’t have an outlet for any of the anger or hurt pride because they are getting outplayed for significant periods of every game they play.

They have 20 minutes of good rugby in them per game. In the Razor era, only one test so far, against Ireland, looked anywhere near a complete performance - but we only scored 23 points. Not a tally that would get us a victory in many of the games we have played recently.



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Nickers 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson on his loyal selection of Rieko Ioane

I don’t think he was even trying to do that. If he was he would have come charging out of the line, he just drifted up and in putting himself in a position to do nothing. Extremely out of character for him. He is desperately out of form.

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YeowNotEven 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson on his loyal selection of Rieko Ioane

Rieko is going to carve up, Kirwan 87’ styles. Die mad, haters. Die mad.

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YeowNotEven 2 hours ago
South Africa step backwards in hunt for Test rugby's holy grail

Yeah his pass is way too slow for how the ABs want to play.

Very interesting to see the Boks go with new boys on the bench and a 5-3 split. They were going for size and experience to close out games last year.



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