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New Zealand international sent off for f**king rotten clothesline off the ball

Published 09:59 3 Mar 2017 GMT

Updated 10:03 3 Mar 2017 GMT

Conan Doherty
New Zealand international sent off for f**king rotten clothesline off the ball

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And Dylan Hartley gets a bad rep.

Alright, that's irrelevant, he deserves it but what Steven Luatua produced on Friday was downright disgusting. Super Rugby is back and that means a number of other things are back along with it. Offloading is back - proper offloading. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/703132248598384640 Aaron Cruden is back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcGwZDA9Kqg Tackles - monster bloody tackles - are back. You watch Super Rugby and it restores your faith in the sport but, at the same time, you think you're watching a different sport. Then, every so often, someone does what Steven Luatua did against the Chiefs and it makes you shudder. The All Blacks flanker was red-carded before half time of the Blues' 41-26 defeat, and a sending off nearly seemed too lenient if we're being honest. His late hit on Nanai-Williams was out of order. Even calling it a late hit doesn't feel right because the victim never even had the ball. Luatua is sold with a dummy, Nanai-Williams is cleaned for no reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0_P4K1G50 He should have the book thrown at him. But some New Zealand sites are leaving scope for interpretation with these kind of polls:

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New Zealand international sent off for f**king rotten clothesline off the ball