Identical twin rugby stars lauded as they attempt to trick ref with ‘switcheroo’
Cheeky similar twins, Jacob and Daniel Saifiti, have been lauded for his or her ‘switcheroo’ ways.
The brothers featured for Australian rugby league facet Newcastle Knights in a pre-season pleasant towards Melbourne Storm on Saturday. And Jacob was dominated to have delivered a late hit on Melbourne prop Tui Kamikamica, with lower than 10 minutes on the clock.
Melbourne’s gamers weren’t finest happy with the hit – and a scuffle broke out between the 2 sides. Referee Belinda Sharpe was distracted with the fallout, and the opportunistic twins took the prospect to swap locations – as Daniel was on the bench.
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However, Sharpe was clever to the trick: “Where’s Jacob? Bring him back on,” she calmly requested earlier than sending the prop to the sin bin.
Fox commentator Andrew Voss cherished the cheeky swap: “Oh, hang on, the old switcheroo. The brothers, oh, that’s so clever, Newcastle. I’m standing [and] applauding.
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(Image: @SkySportsRL)
(Image: @SkySportsRL)
“You got him off the field, amazing. That’s a beautiful piece of play. That is rugby league. You can go back now and sit down, Belinda Sharpe has the last laugh, but they’ve done the switcheroo with the identical twins.
“A superb piece of rugby league proper there. What a second that’s.”
Melbourne Storm had been the higher facet on the day they usually brushed previous the Newcastle Knights with a 28-10 victory within the sweltering warmth of Fiji.
