Ireland 57 Italy 6
On days like this, rugby, through no fault of the players or even the referee, does itself no favours. A law which was designed to prevent a farce ended up achieving just that.
The match hinged, and was rendered pretty pointless, on a red card for the Italian replacement hooker Epalahame Faiva following a high hit on Dan Sheehan, catching his Irish counterpart on the chin with his shoulder. With no mitigation, Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli had no alternative but to send him off.
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- February 28, 2022
