Six red cards were shown by the end of it.
A fine Waterford victory over League of Ireland champions Cork City on Friday night was marred by ugly scenes at the end, with members of both teams becoming embroiled in a melee on the touchline.
Courtney Duffus’ 80th-minute goal gifted the home side three points, which helped them leapfrog the Leesiders into second place.
The main talking point though, rather regrettably, was the unsavoury scene during injury-time which forced referee Robert Rodgers to send off four players and both managers.
By the end of the tempestuous episode, Waterford’s Bastien Hery and Stanley Aborah and Cork City duo Garry Buckley and Steven Beattie were given their marching orders.
Both managers, Alan Reynolds and John Caulfield, were also sent off.
Watch the melee below, courtesy of RTÉ. As you can see, Waterford midfielder Hery shoves Caulfield to the ground after the Cork City manager invaded the pitch.
Emotions ran high at the RSC last night #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/NpWeU7deX0
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) April 7, 2018
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An automatic 1 match suspension rules Garry Buckley and Steven Beattie out of next Friday’s home game against St. Pats.The Independent Disciplinary Committee will meet this week to decide on any further action for both players, and manager John Caulfield. pic.twitter.com/Mx6ZUJl8Qh
— Cork City FC News (@corkcityfcnews) April 7, 2018
A Cork City fan twitter account also shared two clips of the incident.
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Full fans footage of the injury time incident last night, that led to 6 red cards, shared between Waterford and Cork City. #LOI pic.twitter.com/bJiRjlVOZK— Cork City FC News (@corkcityfcnews) April 7, 2018
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Fan footage has emerged from part one a two part incident in injury time last night that resulted in 6 red cards – 3 of which were shown to John Caulfield, Garry Buckley and Steven Beattie. #LOI pic.twitter.com/E4roGaBLxR— Cork City FC News (@corkcityfcnews) April 7, 2018
