Robertson-McCoy sees red for stamp as Leinster continue strong start
Connacht's Dominic Robertson-McCoy was shown a red card for appearing to stamp on the head of Josh van der Flier in a 20-3 defeat to Leinster.
Leinster trailed to Jack Carty's third-minute penalty, but Garry Ringrose and Sean Cronin crossed in the second half before Robertson-McCoy was involved in an incident that could lead to a lengthy suspension.
The Connacht prop trod on prone Leinster star Van der Flier's head and was dismissed 10 minutes from time, having only been on the pitch a matter of seconds.
While Leinster have a five-point advantage at Conference B's summit, Glasgow Warriors are three points clear of the Ospreys at the top of Conference A.
The Warriors were 29-13 winners over the Dragons, Lee Jones scoring either side of the interval to set in motion a relatively comfortable triumph.
Sam Davies' boot made the difference for the Ospreys as they required just a single Luke Morgan try to defeat Zebre 22-8.
Scarlets, runners-up last term, are Leinster's nearest challengers in Conference B after winning big against Southern Kings.
Jonathan Davies scored two of eight tries in a 54-14 success, while Munster went one better with nine as they triumphed 64-7 over Ulster.
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I'm a huge ABs fan. I think the game was messy but enjoyable to watch. The Italians really defended very well... To see ABs try different ways to break them during phase play was interesting to watch
Go to commentsMy bad, added missing words. Just saying so many injuries that it was a 23% win rate team for a lot of games.
And they'll be up around something like 70% next year which will see Penney get reappointed!
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