Their captain is a master of foul play, great to see him get caught. That doesn't mean he will get suspended unfortunately. Deliberate elbow to anybody watching the game, let's see if he gets what he deserves. Poor bloke only got 16 stitches because of the cowardly act. If they can give players 10 minutes for deliberate knockon's this is a lay down misere. Blokes a cheat and a flea.
Rugby World Cup: Richie McCaw elbow on Springboks Francois Louw could land All Blacks skipper in trouble
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VIDEO: Richie McCaw's apparent elbow on Francois Louw
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All Blacks captain Richie McCaw could miss the Rugby World Cup final if he is deemed to have deliberately elbowed South Africa's Francois Louw in New Zealand's two-point Rugby World Cup semi-final victory.
Video images have emerged showing McCaw's elbow apparently striking Louw in the first half of the 20-18 win which saw defending champion New Zealand advance to the World Cup decider.
In the footage, McCaw is looking straight ahead at the time of the incident as he moves around the back of the ruck, with Louw on one knee following a turnover.
Striking with the elbow falls under dangerous play and misconduct and has a low end sanction of a two-week suspension.
The citing officer has up to 36 hours after the match has ended to lodge a complaint.
Louw said after the match that he needed 16 stitches to his forehard, but when asked how the cuts came about, the flanker told the media: "I'm not sure, I think it was at the bottom of a ruck."
The All Blacks will face the winner of Australia's semi-final clash with Argentina, which takes place at 2:00am AEDT on Monday.
PHOTO: All Blacks captain Richie McCaw (R) shakes hands with a bloodied Francois Louw (L). (Getty Images: Paul Gilham)
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McCaw said the All Blacks' win over the Springboks at Twickenham was every bit as hard as his team expected.
"We did what we came here to do, it was hard today but that's always the case against the Springboks," McCaw said after leading his side into a second successive final.
"If you look at the first half, our indiscipline was keeping South Africa in the game (but) we held our composure well and the points came.
"I've been saying all week we would be up against the old enemy ... it's great to come out the right side."
Victorious coach Steve Hansen said: "It was always going to be close, they're a great side and they showed that again today. I was really proud of our guys, they kept their composure.
SCOREBOARD: NEW ZEALAND 20-18 SOUTH AFRICA
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20-18 |
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at Twickenham, October 24 2015 |
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57% |
Possession |
43% |
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67% |
Territory |
33% |
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84 |
Tackles |
116 |
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4 |
Offloads |
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New Zealand: J Kaino, B Barrett tries; D Carter 2 cons, pen, drop goalSouth Africa: H Pollard 5 pens; P Lambie pen |
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"Coming out of half-time we added a few points and stayed composed.
"We just needed to come out (for the second half) and start taking the game to them rather than waiting for them to take it to us.
"We talked about it at half-time. We talked about keeping composure and talked about winning the first 10 minutes."
South Africa's captain Fourie du Preez said: "We're disappointed. It's very tough to take. Just two points. But credit to both teams.
"They kept the pressure on us. We struggled to get out of our own half.
"Unfortunately we couldn't capitalise," he said of South Africa's failure to make the most an extra man when New Zealand had Kaine bin-binned at the end of the first half
"But credit to the All Blacks, they played well."
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