Saracens coach Joe Shaw back in his playing days at Newcastle in 2003

CHRIS HEWETT

English club rugby at the top end is unusual in a number of ways: its structure of self-governance allows it to mark its own homework; its silence in the face of adversity makes the average monk sound like Austin Healey; and it loses money faster than a new Chancellor of the Exchequer on a power rush.
Just occasionally, we even find a coach criticising one of his own errant players, which is as different as different gets.
When Joe Shaw, the Saracens head coach, was asked to reflect on the red card shown ...