No hard feelings as Warburton admits Rolland red card decision was right

SAM WARBURTON has admitted he got it wrong and insists there will be no hard feelings towards Alain Rolland after the Irish referee sent him off in the World Cup semi-final.

Rolland controversially gave the Wales captain his marching orders for a spear tackle on diminutive French wing Vincent Clerc, just 18 minutes into the Dragons’ 9-8 World Cup semi-final defeat.

Matthew Rees, the man Warburton succeeded as national captain, reckons there will be no ‘Welcome in the Hillside’ for Rolland. “The red card was harsh and I’d imagine Rolland will get quite a bit of stick wherever he goes and especially the next time he comes to Wales,” said Rees.