Tackling the Ferris issue

RBS 6 Nations chiefs have lifted the lid on the evidence from the hearing into Stephen Ferris’s controversial yellow card against Wales.

Ferris was sin-binned in the final minutes of the February 5 clash by English referee Wayne Barnes for an alleged high tackle on the Welsh number 5 Ian Evans. Leigh Halfpenny’s resultant penalty secured at 23-21 victory for the visitors at the Aviva Stadium.

Three days later the independent Six Nations Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Antony Davies (England) together with Douglas Hunter (Scotland) and John Doubleday (England) met to consider a citing complaint under Law 10.4(j) by Achille Reali (Italy) the independent Citing Commissioner appointed for the game in Dublin. The committee did not uphold the citing.