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Originally Posted by Robbob
Not sure why the ref was standing so close to Valamaki after it was clear everything was done. You don't see refs do that, normally they tend to be further back. Looks like the ref was 100 percent looking to escalate things.
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It was a ref (orange arm bands) and not a lineman who was with Valamaki, so already it was an unusual scrum breakup. With the two opponents by him that were likely continuing the trash taking, the ref positioned himself between Valimaki and the second opponent, as a physical barrier, and was likely talking to Valimaki to distract and de-escalate the situation. Obviously with how Valimaki responded, he was much more worked up than otherwise appeared, and that tiny shove by the ref to Valimaki’s shoulder inflamed him even further. Not a good situation the whole way around.