By NEALE HARVEY

Collision: Kyle Eastmond goes high on Quins’ Marcus Smith

KYLE Eastmond has called for greater understanding and empathy from referees when it comes to handing out red cards for inadvertent high shots.
Diminutive England and Leicester centre Eastmond was twice sent-off in 2018 – once while playing for Wasps against Harlequins in February and again last month for Tigers at Bristol – on both occasions serving lengthy bans at crucial points of the season.
Both offences were correctly punished under current laws relating to contact with the head. However, Ea...