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Jake White concerned rugby could head down football's simulation path after Bismarck yellow card

Bulls coach Jake White is concerned that rugby could be heading down football's path, where simulation influences decisions. 

White was addressing media following his side's 32-23 United Rugby Championship (URC) loss to Ulster in Belfast on Saturday night, and when asked specifically about the yellow card that substitute Bismarck du Plessis received towards the end of the match, he was blunt in his assessment. 

Ulster were leading 29-23 at the time, and the Bulls were still very much in the contest, but the yellow card effectively killed their chances. 

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There appeared to be nothing wrong with Du Plessis' hit on Ulster flyhalf Billy Burns - arms were wrapped - but TMO John Mason intervened and his shocking recommendation was a yellow card. 

It was a decision that even Ulster supporters found harsh, given the reaction inside Kingspan Stadium. 

"Cleanouts like that are all over the game, so I didn't even think it was a penalty," White said after the match. 

"I often wonder, if their No 10 hadn't laid down on the ground, whether that would have been looked at.

"It's something we'll have to look at going forward, because what you don't want is a player lying down every time he gets cleaned out and he makes the TMO look.

"It's something we've got to be careful of, because I know it happened in football, and then all of a sudden they brought something in that if you dive, you can get sent off (carded).

"In rugby now because there is such a fine line between yellow cards, red cards and TMO involvement ... [you don't want] the players trying to use every opportunity to influence the TMO."

The Bulls were also dealt a yellow card shortly after the resumption of the

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