Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher: Bravo referee Matt Carley for taking no nonsense
Of all the subjects that have irritated me in recent years – apart from the hardy annual of blatant forward passes that get waved through by happy clappy refs – the extraordinary way Ireland and indeed Leinster have escaped censure at the breakdown and scrum time has topped the list.
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