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New Euro 2016 rules could see referees send players off before the match even starts

Should an Irish player get sent off for fighting in the tunnel at the Stade de France before our Euro 2016 finals kick off against Sweden in June, I can tell you even now who’ll be to blame.

New Euro 2016 rules could see referees send players off before the match even starts

Sat, 05 Mar, 2016 - 00:00

Roy Keane, that’s who.

Well, sort of.

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