Rugby Union

It's unusual in this sport to see a match where the clearly superior side end up losing but, unless you are a diehard French supporter, this would almost certainly have been your assessment of the first semifinal of the current World Cup.  Wales of course will point to the fact that they had to play the majority of the game a man short after their captain was sent off - so should he have been?  It was clearly a potentially dangerous tackle for which he was dismissed, although it seemed there was no malicious intent and in the event no actual damage was done.  I think the problem is that a ten-minute sinbinning might have been seen as too lenient, whereas a red card was harsh.  Does the game need something in between?  An orange card perhaps which sends you off for 30 minutes?  That I think would have been a more appropriate penalty.  Anyway, the French are going to be tanked by the All Blacks - aren't they?