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14th October 2019
03:13pm BST

Credit: World Rugby (via RTE Player)[/caption]
"If Garry Ringrose was making that tackle [that Aki did]," reasoned Murphy, "because he doesn't go in to hurt lads, he would have made it but not have put in the high shot."
"It's not that someone goes into a tackle to maim the other guy," Flannery argued. "They just want to get their tackle-entry body position right so that they dominate the collision. It's not like, 'I want to put you in hospital'."On Monday evening [Japanese time], Aki faced a citing commission regarding that red-card tackle and it was confirmed that tournament will end early. A statement from World Rugby reads:
'Bundee Aki will miss Ireland’s quarter-final against New Zealand on 19 October, the semi-final and final of Rugby World Cup 2019 should Ireland qualify'All told, the Connacht centre got a six-week ban that was then reduced to three weeks. As Aki is suspended, Ireland will not be able to call up a replacement. The Ireland vs. New Zealand game takes place at 11:15am (Irish time) on Saturday, October 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_lJW7ALcI SUBSCRIBE HERE TO BAZ & ANDREW'S HOUSE OF RUGBY: https://playpodca.st/house-of-rugby-ie The latest episode sees Barry Murphy, Andrew Trimble and Jerry Flannery look ahead to the World Cup quarter finals, the Bundee Aki red card, a possible Ireland team and talk Joker.
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