Dragons beat Ospreys 20-5 in United Rugby Championship’s spherical 5 Welsh derby at Rodney Parade, recording their first house win in additional than a yr.
Hooker Bradley Roberts and wing Rio Dyer scored tries as the Dragons triumphed following Ospreys wing Mat Protheroe being despatched off for a harmful problem after simply 27 minutes.
The nasty trying incident, which will be seen within the highlights under, led to a reasonably weird altercation between referee Ben Whitehouse and Dragons head of efficiency, Dan Baugh.
Chasing a excessive ball, Protheroe went in too upright which led to a nasty head-on-head conflict with Dragons fly-half Will Reed.
Referee Whitehouse had little possibility however to present a straight pink card, however not earlier than former Canada worldwide Baugh appeared to say one thing that Whitehouse felt was directed at him.
“Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan,” mentioned Whitehouse.
“Come here. You ever shout at me… [interupted by Baugh] No, listen to me very clearly. You ever talk to me and shout at me like that again and you will be in the stand.”
Baugh protested, “I’m talking to my players. Ben, I can talk to my players,” then put his hand on Whitehouse as he tried to stroll away.
“Don’t you touch me,” mentioned the upset referee.
“This man stays off the field from now on,” Whitehouse then mentioned to the sideline.
“He doesn’t come on the sector once more, Dan Baugh. Thank you.
“Can you simply guarantee that the workforce supervisor doesn’t let that man again on the sector, thank you,” he added. “We will speak about it after the game.”
Referee Ben Whitehouse had to carry out the “Don’t you touch me” pic.twitter.com/TpnMsQVLcN
— Grant Constable (@GrantConstable) November 19, 2023
What’s Protheroe considering right here? A nailed on pink
And a pink for Dan Baugh for arguing with Ben Whitehouse and than seemingly attempting to pull him again
That’s a person I might not like to get in combat with#DRAvOSP
— Ruck ’n’ Roll (@RnRRugby) November 18, 2023
Dan Baugh going to be in a complete heap of hassle for all that
— Mike Pullen (@MikePullen1969) November 18, 2023
I’d love to have seen a readout of Ben Whitehouse’s heart-rate when Dan Baugh grabbed him.
Cannot touch an official however that was pure terror within the eyes.— Rob Williams (@RobW_48) November 18, 2023
It’s unclear at this stage if there will likely be any official repercussions for Baugh, however laying palms on the referee is actually not one thing that may be allowed at any stage of the sport. A URC cost may observe, whereas Dragons head coach Dai Flanagan mentioned publish match:
“I was up in the gantry trying to figure things out and all I heard was that Dan couldn’t come back onto the field. I will look into it and try to speak to Ben.”