Ireland coach John Fogarty is sure an alleged stamp on Josh van der Flier will be looked at by the authorities. South Africa replacement Ox Noche appeared to stand on the Irish star during Saturday’s Rugby World Cup match at the Stade de France.
Ireland secured a memorable 13-8 victory in Paris. They have now won their opening three matches in Pool B.
And a disappointing night for South Africa could be marred by the incident involving Nche. TV footage appeared to show Nche standing on Van der Flier’s hand for a couple of seconds at a ruck.
Fogarty didn’t see the alleged stamp but is sure it will be dealt with if there was any wrongdoing. He said: “I’m not aware if there was a stamping or not.
“I’m sure World Rugby will be looking across everything, referees will be looking across everything, At the moment in time, I’m sure there is (a mechanism available) if we needed to.
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“I haven’t heard anything from our end. The disciplinary board will look at it. Josh is good, there’s no obvious injuries at the moment.
“We managed to come out of what was a really physical game with a full bill of health. There’s medicals on now, but at this moment in time there’s no obvious injuries.”
Ireland can secure top spot with victory over Scotland in their final match in Pool B on October 7. Fogarty was wary of not over-celebrating Saturday’s victory, despite the large gap until their next game.
He said: “It’s important, isn’t it? To make sure we’re aware that that was a big win and we’re obviously delighted with it. We took time with each other, enjoyed company. Nothing too mad at all.
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“The dressing room is generally the best craic, you’re there together and there’s no outside distractions. There’s a few moments there where I made it around to all the front-rows and discussed who they played against, how they got on.
“We enjoyed that time together in the dressing room. It’s a late kick-off, we got back to the hotel around 1am so we didn’t do the dog on it, but we enjoyed each other’s company.
“We didn’t talk too much about the next game. We took the time, families are over at the moment, there are wives and kids around, it’s nice to be able to relax with them a little bit and also enjoy each other’s company.
“But we’re very clear on Scotland, they’ve improved year on year and they play today, they’ll play Romania next week and they’ll be looking to get a win.”
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