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7th January 2017
11:20am GMT

Referee Marius Mitrea was then alerted to the possibility of a high tackle. As Jonathan Davies continued to praise Ireland international Reidy for his intervention, it appeared as though Andrew Trimble, who swung is left arm at the diving Scarlets player, might be the man in trouble.
But it was Reidy and there was shock - from the Ulster players, the match commentators and many rugby fans - when he was yellow-carded and a penalty try awarded. Ulster went from 13-9 ahead to 16-13 and so the game finished.
A glut of rugby players, past and present, took to social media to express their abhorrence at the decision, and an earlier one called against Scarlets' Jake Ball.
While the likes of Simon Shaw, Davies and Ben Kay debated the merits of the call, Ulster back Charles Piutau was in no doubts that a major disservice had been done. Piutau, who was rested from action last night, tweeted:
https://twitter.com/CPiutau/status/817476451721211905
https://twitter.com/CPiutau/status/817477639577436162
With another batch of games set for decision, today and tomorrow, under the new laws, we expect this is not the last of it.
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