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• Footage has emerged showing altercation with Willie le Roux
• Maro Itoje also criticised for clash with Boks’ Damian de Allende
Stuart Hogg has staunchly protested his innocence after he was left facing accusations of biting South Africa’s Willie le Roux in the British & Irish Lions’ second Test defeat by the Springboks.
South Africa supporters rounded on Hogg after footage emerged of an altercation between both full-backs during an ill-tempered match, won 27-9 by the Springboks to level the series going into Saturday’s decider. The footage is inconclusive but the finger was pointed at Hogg, as well as at Maro Itoje, after a video clip of another incident surfaced. Itoje can be seen kneeling on the chest and neck area of Damian de Allende. Continue reading...