The Wallabies have taken aim at France captain Anthony Jelonch for football-style diving to earn Marika Koroibete a red card in Australia's 33-30 victory in Brisbane.
In the fifth minute of the third and deciding test between the Wallabies and Les Bleus, Koroibete was shown a straight red card after appearing to connect with the head of the French No.8.
Koroibete did make contact with Jelonch's head, although the French captain appeared to stay down as the TMO and Kiwi referee Ben O'Keeffe deliberated their course of action.
O'Keeffe and his assistants deliberated for minutes before determining Koroibete had raced in from a distance and contacted him high without any mitigating factors, and deemed it worthy of a red card.
Australia kicked a late penalty through Noah Lolesio, claiming a late victory despite playing with 14 men for 75 minutes.
Speaking post-match, Wallabies coach Dave Rennie didn't hold back in his appraisal of the incident.
"It was terribly milked wasn't it," Rennie says.
"He obviously feels he got some head contact and then he's grabbed his face, which is nowhere near the put of impact and then it's delayed by five seconds.
"The issue for us is, do we get to the stage [where] we're telling our players to lie on the ground like the French did every time they're any head contact?
"I don't think it's in the spirit of the game."
Rennie also pointed out two incidents that saw Wallabies players take shots to the head, without any action towards France.
"Tate McDermott, in an attempt to stop a try got a forearm straight to the throat which is a penalty, red card and a disallowed try, but he doesn't lie on the ground and milk it," he adds.
"Hunter Paisami got a shoulder straight into the jaw, it was at the same time where we had a penalty advantage from Len Ikitau being tackled high.
"Every time there is anything like a headshot, these guys have been shot by a sniper, so I find that disappointing."
Injured Wallabies utility also took aim at France's theatrics, again accusing Australia's opponents of acting outside the spirit of the game.
"It's pretty frustrating," O'Connor told Channel Nine.
"If you're playing in the spirit of rugby, that's not something you do.
"To me, it looked like blatantly he's been hit and because he's dropped the ball, he's reacted to that."
