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19th Jun 2016

New camera angle vindicates Michael Hooper from controversial sand-throwing incident

A tale of two camera angles

Patrick McCarry

Upon looking at the first angle, Hooper looked bang to rights.

The Australian scrum needed all the help it could get against a dominant English pack. The Wallabies needed Hooper to pack down and assist his tighthead.

Instead, an overhead camera appeared to show the openside tossing a handful of sand into the eyes of opposite number James Haskell.

However, a second angle has completely vindicated Hooper from any wrongdoing:

There was no stopping Haskell, however, as he made tackle after tackle after tackle for the English cause.

Eddie Jones’ men won 23-7 to claim their first ever Test series Down Under.