McAllister reprieve‘good for rugby’

Connacht coach Andy Friend said it was for the good of the game that prop Paddy McAllister had his citing for a dangerous tackle on Marcell Coetzee thrown out.

The collision between the two players was deemed to have been an accidental clash by the league’s disciplinary committee, and as a result McAllister will be available to face Leinster on Saturday — if he shakes off the effects of a head injury and completes his return to play protocols.