People aren't happy. Not happy at all. Argentina started the semi-final against Australia in a very nervous fashion. They have conceded three tries to Australia, and despite hanging in their with three penalty kicks - they look shaken.
It perhaps hasn't helped that their second row was given his second yellow card of the tournament - this time for a no-arms tackle:
People weren't happy with the decision, with Barnes coming in for a lot of criticism for the decision to give Lavininni a yellow card:
So Wayne Barnes waits until the biggest game of these lads' lives to outlaw the chop tackle. It's a penalty that's never given, why today?
— Rúaidhrí O'Connor (@RuaidhriOC) October 25, 2015
Yellow harsh for me- Barnes intially asked TMO if he agreed player should get benefit of the doubt - no answer from TMO - card given.
— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) October 25, 2015
Yellow card? Rubbish.
— Nathan Sharpe (@NathanSharpe5) October 25, 2015
Joke of a call.
— Murray Kinsella (@Murray_Kinsella) October 25, 2015
But it was absolutely the right call. There is zero attempt to use his arms from Lavaninni, and it's a very dangerous tackle. It's dangerous to use your body as a missile to fire at a players knees or ankles. It's also dangerous to just recklessly throw your head in by a players knees. That's just asking for a concussion.
If more tackles like that get a yellow card, then the game will be a safer place. It is 100% possible to make a legal and safe chop tackle using your arms hitting low.
Is it harsh? Yes. But if it eliminates these types of tackles then I'm all for it. It's asking for a concussion to tackle like that.
— BallHandling Hooker (@BHHooker) October 25, 2015
