THE RED card shown to Will Spencer, the Leicester Tigers lock, was predictably given prominence in the following morning’s sports pages.
Correct decision? By the letter of the law – yes. Harsh? Probably – the Wasps coach felt that a yellow card was sufficient. How much did the TMO influence the referee’s final decision? Debatable. Game changing? Probably not, though the second half was a cracker.
For me of greater influence was the Wasps restart after Johnny May’s first try. Three or four Wasps players were a good three yards in front of the kicker, highlighted...