Awful decision

Aweful?? It was not a foul?

The Ref is rubbish

Poor call. This ref has been poor on both sides

Never a red! So poor

Inexperienced. He's quoting rules word for word. Definitely not a red card

Whilst a nasty knockout it wasn't intentional and this has just ruined a good game of rugby. Not a chance for wasps now with 14 men.

And I'm a wasps fan

What? Kicked North in the head after he scored his try. Could have jumped. Absolutely spot on. Disgraceful behaviour.

Joke refereeing. Complete over reaction and pressure from crowd. Last time we should see this ref for a while in the top flight

Don't feed the troll

Could never have jumped - Austin healer has it right

Yellow card at most. Pretty harsh

Should have been red earlier for the dump tackle too

Nasty accident at most - Hughes is a clean player

Never even a penalty

Joke Ref, awful decision that has ruined the game, go on and win Wasps and that school kid should not ref anymore.

He was stopping

Anyone who has ever playedknows thats not a red

Penalty I would say. Yellow card possibly. Not an issue if north hadn't been knocked out in the six nations

Shocking decision by TMO and ref

Hopefully Wasps will appeal.

Correct decision

Referee has just ruined a good game of rugby. Complete neutral here. Inexperience showing through here. Crumbling under pressure from the crowd. Terrible.

Well said

That was never a red. It was just unavoidable contact. worse thing is it has lost north to saints now for a few weeks with the concussion laws.

Tmo also knew it wasn't a red but didn't have the guts to say anything.

He has three premiership games to his name. Why would he ref a game against two huge clubs?!

The TMO agreed. It knocked a man out. Therefore a red card. Player safety is the biggest issue at the moment.

Yeh the refs under huge pressure from Hartley and the gardens are in his ear the whole time. Almost like he gave it so they'd leave him alone

Completely disagree with a red. The left leg of Hughes was clearly straightened suggesting that he was indeed trying to slow himself down.


A man of Hughes's stature takes a longer to slow down when in top speed.

Unfortunately a brilliant fixture has been upset by a decision made by crumbling under pressure.

deserved to be sent off. Hope George is OK

I think the red was well deserved

Henry Southgate, you are a joke

Awful decision. Ref has been pressured by Hartley from the whistle. TMO gave him the opportunity to re-think but still didn't. This could be a huge call come the end of the season. Get this school boy out of top flight rugby.

It was never a red

Nathan Hughes had it coming

And a "dump" tackle is perfectly legal

Red card Defo for Hughes

He was planting his foot to
Decelerate and his shin connected not his foot not his knee if you know anything about biomechanics that was not deliberate never a red

unfortunate incident and poor decision which will ruin the game. had potential to be a cracker as well

As a saints fan, I don't think it was a red bcos it was accidental. Yet, it was pretty stupid from hughes

Anthony I don't think the red knows anything about rugby let alone biomechanics lol

Not a red and has now changed this game so much. Going to be a massive 40 coming up

errrr i dunno man, im on the fence here and im a saints fan, player safety biggest issue just feel hughes could have troed to do more

Fair shout matt

Almost 50 people put a comment on here and only oneof you say hope George is ok. What the **** is the matter with you all for God sake.

Hope George and Rhys will be ok. Lots of bad knocks tonight

What for

it doesn't matter if it's accidental. He shouldn't use his feet to win the ball there. It's dangerous when north is 100% scoring a try. If he'd dived with hands it's fine. But using your feet anywhere on the pitch to win the ball is illegal. Red may be harsh though

Red card Defo

What happened?

Hope the big taff is alright, but that wasn't a red.

Just seen the play and as a neutral its not a red but I think a yellow should of been shown instead

Was it a bad hit anyone can anyone tell me please

He kicked north in the head

There wasn't a lot of malice in it, but if you're 100 stone and you knee someone in the temple, chances are that's the result. He knew what he was doing.

99.9% of the time the defender would jump the player.

In cases like this it's either a red or nothing , intentional or not , yellow would not suffice. Don't get it twisted there should not have been any card awarded.

In my opinion ^

I thought all of Dylan's reds were also harsh!!! ^^^