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Robertson-McCoy sees red for stamp as Leinster continue strong start
By Ben Spratt
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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It sounds like Andrew is trying to convince himself or has just lost all perspective. The team did look jaded for the last couple of games of the six nations but a few things were wrong there. Italy tackled their hearts out and made Ireland work hard for every try. Outsmarted by Scotland? Huh? Ireland got held up over the line about 4 times. Scotland did nothing on attack the whole game other than one breakaway near the end. A recharge and reset is needed which they hopefully will have had before the SA your.
Go to commentsIncluding SA and Argie teams was great for the quality of rugby, but middle of the night games and player travel/ jet lag make that unworkable. I think that SA in Europe and Argie building an American league with USA, Canada etc would be better long term. If Oz can't sustain Rebels then next cab off the rank should be a Japanese team. Keep regional comps to time zones, both club and test rugby. Then existing test windows for test tours plus RWC.
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