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Freddie Steward was despatched off late within the first half of Saturday’s Six Nations recreation towards Eire in Dublin
England full-back Freddie Steward has been cleared to play after his purple card in Saturday’s Six Nations defeat to Eire was overturned.
Steward appeared in entrance of a digital disciplinary listening to on Tuesday evening for a harmful managerial problem from Hugo Keenan that ended the full-back’s afternoon on the Aviva Stadium.
Nonetheless, though the sort out was dominated to be an act of foul play, the panel felt there have been adequate mitigating circumstances to think about it a yellow card offense solely.
England’s frustration with referee Jaco Peyper’s on-field determination solely grew as Steward ought to have been out for simply 10 minutes of the sport relatively than all the second half.
Steve Borthwick’s males confirmed willpower within the face of the full-back’s dismissal from Leicester, which earned him a ‘Crimson card?! in disbelief. response from Owen Farrell, earlier than being handed 29-16.
However the viewers famous of their assertion that “match officers are required to make selections beneath the stress and within the warmth of the atmosphere of a reside match”.
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