Gloucester head coach George Skivington

Give refs more latitude on cards – Skivington

By PAUL REES

George Skivington believes referees should be given more latitude over challenges that involve head contact following Freddie Steward’s rescinded red card in Dublin last weekend.
The England full-back was sent off after Hugo Keenan stumbled into him and took a blow to the head from Steward’s elbow as Steward braced for a contact he could not avoid.
Referee Jaco Peyper thought long and hard about the colour of the card the incident merited before concluding that the current climate demanded that it be red.
“Too many games are being decided on these decisions,” said Skivington...

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