Memo to Carre: Go low or you will suffer

RHYS Carre’s sending-off just five minutes into Saracens visit to the Liberty Stadium suggests the message that tacklers have to go lower is taking much too long to sink in.
Saracens had to play almost the entire match with 14 men when their young Wales loose-head made contact to the head/neck of Ospreys full-back Dan Evans.
Carre double-teamed Evans in a tackle alongside Nick Isiekwe, but where the Saracens blindside went low, the prop went high, with a rising shoulder rocking the head of Evans backwards.
Given the necessary measures being taken to reduce the risks of c...

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