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France V Australia

https://streamable.com/llvog

The more I watch it the worse this decision gets.
It was purely incidental contact after the challenge. There was contact on the ball (not much, but similarly the contact on the player was very little), and the attacker had lost the ball anyway.
No impact on play and at the very, very bottom of the 'careless' scale - at worst - should lead towards a 'no penalty' decision.

But even worse is the fact that the VAR got involved - even IF it was an error, it definitely wasn't 'clear and obvious'.
Foul all day regardless of the touch which even in slow motion I am not certain there was or wasn't a touch. The ball remained with the attacking player who was continuing his attack. Absent the AUS player's leg coming across the back of the attacker's trail leg, he doesn't go down. This is a careless trip.
 
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