Former England players Matt Dawson and Mike Brown bemoan ‘farcical’ red card decision
Clive Woodward indid not think the fullback should have got a red card either, saying nobody in his ITV commentary studio said a word when the tackle first hit.
“Steward’s elbow definitely connected with Keenan’s head. I totally understand rugby needs to limit head contacts to protect the players but I also think there needed to be a bit of rugby empathy in those sorts of situations. I think Steward should have been given a yellow card at most. There was no way the Leicester back was deliberately trying to hurt Keenan.”
The former England head coach did say, however, Steward’s red card did not ruin the game “because in my view, Ireland were always going to win and would have done so anyway had England stayed with 15 on the field.”cannot mask what was the worst season in the history of English rugby“The added unity and organisation of their performance against Ireland is not to be sniffed at, even though they have still had a disastrous season by their supposed standards.
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