Will Spencer was sent off for a high hit on Tommy Taylor. Following a lengthy consultation with the TMO, referee Ian Tempest told the Leicester lock “we have to protect players.”
🗣 “We have a responsibility to tackle low.”
“He’s 6 foot 7!”
🗣 “We have to protect the players. It’s a red card.”
“Rugby’s changed! Rugby’s changed!”
Will Spencer was shown a red card for a high tackle, but not everybody agrees…
We haven’t heard the last of this one 👀 pic.twitter.com/ynedwRAflU
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) September 16, 2018
And here is Geordan Murphy and Dai Young’s reaction:
“There’s no intent there, I hope he doesn’t get a ban.”
“If he’s got a problem he needs to get the legend George Smith to defend him!”
😂
Dai Young gives his view on the Will Spencer red card. #GallagherPrem pic.twitter.com/cL0y3aCNbo
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) September 16, 2018
“I think the game’s gone a little bit too PC.”
“That for me is crazy, it’s rugby!”
Geordan Murphy is not having the Will Spencer red card… 👀#GallagherPrem pic.twitter.com/9SaVLa4UTT
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) September 16, 2018