World we seem to be living in

minutes. Other collision sports, such as rugby league and American football, by and large, do not have a contest for possession. Sports such as basketball, netball and these days football are essentially noncontact sports.

Rugby is a dingdong battle for the ball and that makes it very hard to officiate. Much of the game is subjective — what a referee interprets.

Mistakes are going to happen — in every game.

Then to continue along this mindboggling path, the judiciary comes out and hauls in Australian winger Reece Hodge for a high and dangerous tackle.

It looked far from that. He just got in the way of a big Fijian and managed to stop him.

But apparently not. Hodge was found guilty of a dangerous tackle which met the redcard threshold and he was banned for three games.

The outrage from Australia could have probably been heard in the Octagon.

This was just way over the top.

It is an aggressive sport.

If a side is not aggressive then chances are the side will finish second — by a long way. The byproduct of aggression will be the odd misdemeanor.

Sure, foul play should be clamped down on. But the act from Hodge was not foul play.

Obviously some people — and punters — do not like foul play. These are the ones who want to be appeased. World Rugby wants to draw them into the game.

You can not have any of these nasty incidents which may upset some people.

Sorry, but if this is going to be the new standard then get ready for a rash of red cards and a massive viewer turnoff.

It is a game of collision. A game of toughness.

If you do not want that then go and read a book.

There is one about giant rabbits doing the rounds.