Saracens' Rhys Carre sent off within minutes of return to Wales
Saracens prop Rhys Carre lasted just five minutes of his side’s clash with Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium before he was red-carded for a high shot to the head of Dan Evans.
Carre was named at loosehead for his first club outing back on home soil following his switch Saracens in the summer.
However, it was not the return Carre was looking for, with referee Alexandre Ruiz sending the 20 stone prop from the field after reviewing the incident on video.
The commentators didn’t agree with a red card. It comes from the clear application of the High Tackle Sanction Framework by the referee: Shoulder (arm of contact shoulder behind plane of body) + Contact to head/neck (they’re treated the same) + no mitigation = Red, via pathway 2 pic.twitter.com/tWaFS9WU3r
— Ross Tucker (@Scienceofsport) January 11, 2020
Twitter, unusually, was more or less in unanimous agreement on the decision too.
https://twitter.com/C4Sport/status/1215998763510181888
https://twitter.com/thepaulwilliams/status/1215984549882146818
https://twitter.com/simonrug/status/1215997501880307715
https://twitter.com/cuke77/status/1215986261732872192
https://twitter.com/mickobrien0/status/1215997232941535234
Ironically, the victim of the hit, Evans himself was sent off in December after just minutes on the pitch in the same stadium.
Evans was sent off by referee Frank Murphy after just 37 seconds when his boot made contact with Racing wing Teddy Thomas’ head as he claimed a high ball in an earlier round of the Heineken Champions Cup.
Last week teammate Owen Farrell got away with just a penalty for a similar incident, with the referee adjudging the hit to have started low and raised up.
It is the seventh time Saracens and Ospreys have met in European competition.
The holders have won five of their past meetings but were held to a 15-15 draw at the Liberty Stadium two seasons ago.
Saracens’ Richard Wigglesworth made his 90th tournament appearance. The three-time Heineken Champions Cup winner has made 65 appearances for Saracens and 24 for Sale Sharks.
Elsewhere in the group, Racing 92 have yet to lose a Heineken Champions Cup pool match at Paris La Défense Arena as they prepare to welcome Munster on Sunday for a ninth tournament meeting between the clubs.
Munster need to upset the odds to stay in the hunt for a place in the last eight.
More Saracens chat this week as Big Jim and Goodey discuss what the future holds for Saracens after Nigel Wrays decision to leave the club.
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As long as New Zealand youth are involved in sport they are passionate for, and are well supported, it’s all good. I love league as well as rugby. NRL clubs have long since scouted the First 15 competitions, the NH and Japan scout super rugby and NPC. It’s a miracle there’s any players left for the all blacks to pick from.
4 Go to commentsI'm a Bok fan, so I don't say this lightly, but he is one of my all time favourite players. I am really going to miss watching him play. Thanks for many great memories. You are a true legend of the game.
3 Go to commentsBest way to deal with all of this is to play another game.
120 Go to commentsIt’s 12-15 games Luke. Ringrose has barely played in 2024 and Henshaw and Keenan have also been out for spells in the same time period. There are always injuries and for younger players to play with the likes of Barrett will be great for them. It’s just looking for negatives where there are none.
5 Go to commentsAndy Goode pushing his own agenda with very dubious considerations on refereeing performances. Luke Pearce speaking a bit of French doesn’t make him a good and adequate referee for the Champions Cup final; his latest refereeing performance in particular was not so great.
4 Go to commentsJordie knows that he has to earn the right to put on the jersey, whatever that jersey might be.
5 Go to commentsThe best outside centre in the world at one point. He will be greatly missed.
3 Go to commentsYip his great for the big moments when needed as a safa really enjoy watching him
4 Go to commentsOne that will start to come up from now on is penalties for back pushes during kick chase scrambles. Very difficult to detect. In Croke Park if you replay the Hendy NH try, you will see Furbank push Porter in the back, who collides with Larmour knocking the ball across into Hendy’s path to dot down. A more significant example was in the RWC QTR final where Arendse pushes Fickou into two other French players for the ball to spill into Arendse’s path for him to gather and run in to score SAs first try. Not cheating if you are not caught and very difficult to spot but with kicking becoming so critical I feel its an area that will referreeed/TMO-ed more.
4 Go to commentsWhat a pathetic little twit Andy Goode is, as if we care what he thinks…..😂
120 Go to commentsFoxy has been a wonderful player for the Scarlets and Wales.
3 Go to commentsNika the Georgian is the best referee in the world at the moment. Luckily we will be spared the shite SH refs and Barnes will hopefully remain retired given how shite and embarrassing he was at the RWC.
4 Go to commentsThis is the most exciting game of the summer imo, as we really won’t know in advance how both teams are going to play. - Will Robertson just reproduce his Crusaders tactics from last year, or will there be a conscious effort to borrow from the Hurricanes and Blues, and from the aspects of the ABs world cup strategy that worked well? - England under Borthwick have put in some good performances playing attacking rugby, and some good performances playing kick-oriented defensive rugby. Will Borthwick try to merge them together into a single all-court game, or will he continue switching between different approaches depending on the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition?
1 Go to commentsI’m predicting an aggregate points difference of no more than +/-10pts across both matches this series.
1 Go to commentsI’m predicting an aggregate points difference of no more than +/-10pts across both matches this series.
9 Go to commentsFinals are always tense affairs for the players so I do not expect this to be a spectacle of running rugby unfortunately.
4 Go to commentsBulls***': Ex-England international calls out Eben Etzebeth… Not to his face but from very far away… after he’d left. Checked to make sure he wasn’t in the building.
120 Go to commentsHopefully this will mean a new Auckland league team to support in the west. Big Warriors fan but it’s very, very stale on that front and I’d like the option of another team if it was to watch league again. League needs to step up BIG time if its to get anywhere, another AK team and something from the capitol or south is a must for the game.
4 Go to commentsGood, deep interview, nice job Frankie!
1 Go to commentsNRL players don’t have anywhere near the number of Tests. Some people would be happy having Rest Homes full if 40 yo ex-players walking, or hobbling more like it, into walls. It’s just a game!
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