Let off: Leinster’s Fergus McFadden is spoken to by referee George Clancy after the clash, inset, with Ulster’s Sean Reidy

ONE Irish international butts another in the face during the latest enactment of an ancient fixture and the referee, the experienced Test official George Clancy, allows him to continue as though nothing untoward had happened.
Fergus McFadden’s assault on Ulster flanker Sean Reidy during Leinster’s defeat in Belfast last weekend cost the European Cup holders nothing more damaging than a penalty. In a classic example of the punishment not fittin...