{"id":1236,"date":"2025-11-16T08:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:55:39","slug":"wales-24-23-japan-steve-tandy-labels-adams-red-card-as-harsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Wales 24-23 Japan: Steve Tandy labels Adams red card as &#8216;harsh&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Japan head coach Eddie Jones agreed with Tandy on Adams&#8217; verdict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was also incensed that Epineri Uluiviti, Faulua Makisi and Harry Hockings were shown yellow cards for what were deemed dangerous tackles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is almost farcical now the sin-bin situation,&#8221; said Jones. &#8220;We are absolutely ruining the game of rugby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think any of the actions today were intentional and deserved to be sin-binned. Wales or us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have to have a more sensible approach to the game. There are going to be contacts with the head. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Unless it is reckless, which I didn&#8217;t see any of those actions being reckless, I don&#8217;t understand those sanctions. Of course we have got to have penalties but it needs to be looked at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jones says the issues must be addressed by World Rugby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At one stage we were down to 13 men, they get a red card and they are down to 14 men,&#8221; said Jones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The game of rugby is about 15 players on the field and I think World Rugby should be looking at this very closely. It is becoming absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Japan led several times in the game but were unable to get over the line and record a first victory in Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, Jones could not resist one playful jibe at the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If I was a fan I would be asking the Welsh Rugby Union for my money back,&#8221; said Jones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But they can&#8217;t afford it so they are not going to give it back!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan head coach Eddie Jones agreed with Tandy on Adams&#8217; verdict. He was also incensed that Epineri Uluiviti, Faulua Makisi and Harry Hockings were shown yellow cards for what were deemed dangerous tackles. &#8220;It is almost farcical now the sin-bin situation,&#8221; said Jones. &#8220;We are absolutely ruining the game of rugby. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}