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09th Jan 2016

WATCH: CJ Stander gets horribly gouged by Josaia Raisuqe in first half

Nasty

Darragh Murphy

Two things.

1. Fair play to CJ Stander for not retaliating.

2. Josaia Raisuqe can expect a ban.

The first half was just coming to a close when Raisuqe got a rush of blood to the head and appeared to jam his fingers into the eyes of Munster captain CJ Stander in the Champions Cup clash in Paris.

The decision was a stupid one, let alone vicious, and referee Nigel Owens didn’t hesitate to pull out a red card, at the second time of asking, after consulting with his TMO.

Rugby fans were in no doubt about the decision.

But Munster couldn’t make their man advantage pay as they crashed out of Europe by an embarrassing scoreline of 27-7.