Six weeks for stamping on a player’s head, yet they say rugby has gone soft
We told ourselves that the PRO14 would be different to the Top 14, but they are all playing under the same rules. Back in early September, Mathieu Bastareaud deliberately and callously took out Toulouse’s Christophe Samson, with a stiff forearm, at the bottom of a ruck and got a straight red card. Given his past […]
8 years ago
Connacht prop gets straight red card for awful head-stamp on Josh van der Flier
CONNACHT – 3 LEINSTER – 20 Leinster were deserving winners of a tense Guinness PRO14 clash with Connacht, in Galway, but the match was overshadowed by a quite horrendous head-stamp. Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster’s men avenged their heavy defeat at The Sportsground last season with Garry Ringrose and Sean Cronin getting tries that were […]
8 years ago