New Zealand second row Scott Barrett was sent off in peculiar fashion after picking up his second yellow card in 25 minutes against South Africa at Twickenham.

The 29-year-old was originally sent to the sin bin after just 14 minutes after Matt Carley had put the All Blacks on a final warning for consistently infringing in the red zone. Barrett took out scrum-half Faf de Klerk at a ruck around the halfway line and went for ten minutes in the bin.

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He was soon followed by his captain Sam Cane barely a minute later for a fourth maul infringement as the Springboks tried to impose their power game.

Barrett returned in the 24th minute but just 14 minutes later he was shown a second yellow card and thus a red after a dangerous clearout on Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx.

He now has the unfortunate record of being the first All Black to have been sent off twice.

English referee Carley showed Barrett a second yellow while also motioning for the clearout to be put on review. With it being a second yellow, Barrett was guaranteed a red card regardless of whether or not the new TMO Bunker thought his second offence was worthy of being upgraded.

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However, the lock may now face disciplinary action and could miss New Zealand’s blockbuster World Cup opener against France in two weeks. Barrett’s poor disciplinary record – he was also sent off in Super Rugby Pacific last year – will also likely count against him when it comes to potential mitigation in the case of a ban.

New Zealand thought they had got their first points of the evening through a Will Jordan try late on in the first period, however the TMO intervened to spot a knock-on in the build-up and the try was chalked off. Instead South Africa went in 14-0 up at half-time thanks to tries from Siya Kolisi and Kurt-Lee Arendse.

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