Wallaby skipper George Gregan wants rugby authorities to crack down on off-the-ball incidents in Test matches against South Africa.
Gregan returned home here on Monday with his Wallaby team after their last-gasp 33-31 Test loss in South Africa to relinquish the Tri-Nations trophy to New Zealand after holding it for two years.
He said he was concerned by the lack of action over what he considered to be some ”pretty disappointing” incidents on the field.
Rugby’s most-capped scrumhalf said there needed to be more consistency in dealing with illegal and off-the ball incidents.
”I think that whole process needs to be looked at,” he said.
”I think throughout the whole Tri-Nations series there has been a lot of incidents off the ball and they tend to always evolve when we play South Africa.”
South African captain Corne Krige and teammate Marius Joubert both appeared before a disciplinary hearing after Saturday’s Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
Krige was charged with punching Wallaby flanker George Smith but was cleared while no further action was taken against Joubert after he was sent off for a high tackle on replacement Mat Rogers.
In other incidents, Wallaby second rower Nathan Sharpe
complained of being eye gouged and Springbok centre De Wet Barry claimed he was bitten before punching Wallaby fullback Chris Latham but no official action was taken. – Sapa-AFP