MUNSTER WERE LEADING Treviso 19 — 9 early in the second half before referee Leighton Hodges went yellow card crazy.
Having sin-binned Duncan Williams, the referee sent his replacement, Cathal Sheridan, the same way. Niall Ronan was the next to fall foul of the Welsh ref and the Irish side were down to 12 men and leaking scores.
Hodges, who upset Leinster fans by sin-binning Sean Cronin and awarding a late penalty to Ospreys last weekend, produced the yellow card again as he cautioned Stephen Archer for a high tackle. The Italians clocked up 20 unanswered points to win 29 — 19 and Munster’s unbeaten run was over.
Speaking post-match Munster coach Rob Penney refrained from criticising Hodges and focused on his own side’s ill discipline. Here are three of the contentious decisions [the TV cameras did not catch Williams' indiscretion]. Judge for yourself if Munster were hard done by.
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