Earlier in the Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> season opener, Quinten Strange was sent from the field and left equally confused by the call.<\/p>\n Watch all the action from the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season, kicking off on February 23, with<\/strong><\/em> every match ad-free, live and and on demand on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Strange didn't return to the match after undergoing his HIA.<\/p>\n It was the first time the smart mouthguards have been used in a Super Rugby Pacific match.\ufeff<\/p>\n "Oh boy, there's going to be some talk about these HIAs. This is another that's resulting from these mouth guards," said Sky Sport commentator Tony Johnson on Stan Sport's coverage.<\/p>\n "You see the mouth guard, smart mouth guards, I'm not quite sure how smart at the moment."<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Supercars team boss brought to tears by driver split<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Gus offers dire warning amid 'difficult' period for NRL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> NRL players warned over deadly Las Vegas drug<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Johnson said the timing of the HIA was particularly egregious with the match delicately poised.<\/p>\n "This is huge because it leaves them without such an important member of their back line," he said.<\/p>\n "Quinn Strange went off in the first half. He didn't seem to know what was going on. Anton Leinert-Brown is going, 'You're kidding?'"\ufeff<\/p>\n World Rugby has invested more than $3 million in the development of the mouthguards.<\/p>\n The devices send notifications in-game to pitch-side doctors of high-speed impacts to detect potential concussions.\ufeff<\/p>\n Former All Black Jeff Wilson said thresholds have been an issue with the mouthguards but noted that players are required to leave once a point has been read.<\/p>\n "It's certainly not perfect practice, they've admitted they've got some learning to do," said Wilson.<\/p>\n "But it's in the safety (interests) of the players. At the moment, it's certainly having a critical effect on the Chiefs."<\/p>\n In the end, Leinert-Brown's exit didn't change the result. The Chiefs won a penalty moments later and with it extended their lead to win 34-30.<\/p>\n However, that didn't stop Scott Barrett from expressing his disappointment in the technology.<\/p>\n "Honestly, I think it's a step too far, for a player when you're getting dragged and you're looking around going 'what actually happened?'," said Barrett.<\/p>\n "Obviously, yeah, we want player welfare and that's paramount, but I think if you're influencing the game when key players are going off and they don't know what for I think that can be frustrating for a player. It needs to be a happy medium somewhere within."\ufeff<\/p>\n The Chiefs dominated the first half of the contest. Tries for Kaylum Boshier, Xavier Roe, and Etene Nanai-Seturo gave the home side an early 27-10 lead.<\/p>\n Sevu Reece scored the only try in the first half for the Crusaders before the visitors mounted a massive comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chay Fihaki broke through just three minutes into the second half before Scott Barrett scored just three minutes later.<\/p>\n Fihaki scored again and that gave the Crusaders the lead for the first time in the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the killed blow came in the 74th minute when the Crusaders gave away a penalty in front of their goalposts to give the Chiefs three easy points to lead 30-29.<\/p>\n Another penalty came not long after and that cemented the score, 33-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Questions are already being asked of so-called\u00a0"smart" mouthguards after two players left the field believing they didn't need to undergo an HIA. 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