Andy Friend blasts Ulster for using 'captain's challenge' to try and get Abraham Papali’i carded

'It was a really good tackle. He lined him up and he hit him fair and square'

NOT HAPPY: Connacht head coach Andy Friend was 'cranky' after Ulster used a challenge to try and get one of his players sent to the sin bin.

Connacht coach Andy Friend was peeved that Ulster used the new ‘captain’s challenge’ to try to get No 8 Abraham Papali’i carded in the closing stages of their Rainbow Cup clash at Kingspan Stadium.

Papali’i, a former rugby league player in his native New Zealand and France, was sent off twice in his opening four games for Connacht after making the move last summer.