Danny Care accuses Munster players of diving

Harlequins scrumhalf Danny Care has hit back Munster's claims of targeting flyhalf Ben Healy with the former England International believing that Munster were guilty of simulation during their Champions Cup clash at the weekend.

Following Harlequins 21-7 loss to Munster in the Champions, Munster boss Johann van Graan spoke of his frustration with a couple of "unacceptable" late tackles on young fly-half Ben Healy.

"It was quite clearly a tactic from the opposition to hit him late and certain things in the game are just unacceptable. He's now got injured because of that."

Three players were sin-binned for Harlequins, one which included one for a late hit on Ben Healy.

Speaking on the BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast, Care had a differing opinion on the hits and officiating. He wasn’t happy with the Irish assistant referees, as well as antics of the Munster players, who he compared to the football team Paris Saint-Germain.

“It was obviously a tough day at the office, there was obviously a bit of niggle between an Irish team and an English team,” Care explained.

“Our discipline let us down and it was a bit too much for us to do. There were a couple of 50-50 decisions went against us, a couple of Irish linesmen but we won’t say anything more than that.

“I’ve heard they’re all complaining about late hits, ask Mike Brown about late hits and why he didn’t come back on the pitch (after a Head Injury Assessment). He was KOed.

“Nothing came of that, we took a couple of yellow cards. You go after every number 10, anything we did to their 10 was done to our players. We thought we were playing PSG a couple of times with all the rolling around and diving and complaining.

“It’s a physical sport, they got the better of it and we look forward to the rematch in January. I loved the game, it was niggly, feisty – England v Ireland. It made me feel like I was back in a Test match environment.”