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OUCH! NOW THAT WAS A SENDING-OFF!

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the red cards that carried not the slightest hint of rough justice

IF you’re going to get sent off, for God’s sake do it properly. A three-game ban is a three-game ban whether you slap someone’s chops or knock their teeth out so you may as well make it worthwhile.
There must be nothing more frustrating for a player than sitting in the dressing room knowing your crime wouldn’t have merited a detention in primary school so, without any kind of Olympian build up, here’s to the men who lunged, hacked and even strangled their way into inf...

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