Walsh gets red card after Horgan bust-up

LEADING New Zealand referee Steve Walsh has been red-carded by the IRB after a verbal sideline row with Shane Horgan during the Lions tour.

It is his second suspension, following a short ban during the 2003 World Cup for a slanging match with English fitness conditioner Dave Reddin.

But before Walsh’s latest stand-down begins, he has won the race to referee the NPC final at Eden Park on Saturday between Auckland and Otago.