1. ACT coach David Nucifora said the Hurricanes capitalized on a string of professional fouls, only one of which was punished by South African referee Tappe Henning. 2. Derby goalkeeper Roger Hoult was sent off for a professional foul and Forest defender Richard Gough was expelled for a second yellow card. 3. He accused the All Blacks of repeatedly committing professional fouls to kill the ball, but admitted it had no bearing on the outcome. 4. The sin-bin will not be an option to alleviate professional fouls until at least next year. 5. The try was scored after Sharks hooker Chris Rossouw was sent off for a professional foul. 6. Wallaby skipper John Eales said it was obvious South Africa was deliberately committing professional fouls to stop the Wallabies attack. 7. He was angry at the sendings off of Ghanaian Samuel Kuffour and Markus Schupp in the last two minutes, both for professional fouls. 8. However, Sampdoria will be without England captain David Platt, who was sent off just before the end of extra time for a professional foul. 9. However, the Springboks were not entirely convinced and claim it was the All Blacks who taught them the professional foul to kill the ball when defending a lead. 10. But honest to a fault, Ballack said he felt he had no choice but to commit a professional foul on Lee. |