Following his side’s 27-10 defeat to Glasgow Warriors in their United Rugby Championship quarter-final at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday, Stormers coach John Dobson battled to explain some of the officiating and the margin of his side’s loss.
A close contest caught fire in the second half when the two sides traded three tries in just seven minutes, with Warriors also benefiting from some poor kicking from Stormers and Springboks flyhalf Manie Libbok who missed all four of his efforts from the tee.
One call in particular though, left Dobson trying to figure what had just befallen his charges.
Glasgow’s Kyle Steyn and Stormers’ Warrick Gelant were both trying to win the ball in the air in an incident in the first half. Steyn struck Gelant in the head with his arm, but referee Chris Busby did not penalise the hosts.
Salmaan Moerat was sin-binned in the second half for a head-on-head collision, but Dobson had no problem with the yellow card on that occasion.
“We are having some discussions out here with Tappe Henning [URC’s Head of Match Officials].
“It was disappointing. I think Salmaan was a justified yellow, but it probably didn’t cost us the game.”
