'Very, very unusual' - Stuart Lancaster baffled by yellow cards that cost Connacht

English referee Christophe Ridley dished out yellow cards to hooker Dylan Tierney-Martin and flanker Shamus Hurley-Langton early on.

NOT SO MELLOW YELLOWS: Connacht's Head Coach Stuart Lancaster. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.

Stuart Lancaster is far too diplomatic and has been around too long to criticise referees, but he admitted after Connacht’s 45-22 loss in Montpellier that he found it ‘very, very unusual’ to have two players binned in the opening six minutes.

English referee Christophe Ridley dished out a yellow card to hooker Dylan Tierney-Martin in Montpellier’s first attack of the game after five minutes and when they again went for a lineout in the right corner he sent flanker Shamus Hurley-Langton to the bin and awarded a penalty try.