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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I was watching the game a bit delayed so apologies if this got covered elsewhere, but did anybody else notice Namestnikov appearing to punch a linesman in the face during the scrum with 4:38 left in the 2nd period?
I would kill to see more angles, but it seems pretty clear on the french broadcast; I'll try to clip and post it later. The linesman looked pretty pissed as he threw Namestnikov out of the scrum, but I guess he just didn't want to impact the game by making a competitor suffer consequences for his actions.
The league and officials are too dumb to protect themselves. I know it's not uncommon for linesmen to take some physicality, but a punch to the face simply shouldn't be tolerated. Silly.
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Yeah the linesman’s attitude toward him changed pretty quickly and started shoving him into the corner.
Lewis was complaining to the ref about that exact thing right after it happened.
Maybe gets a fine?