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01st May 2015

Vine: There has been a lot of debate about this red card in the Challenge Cup final

Billy Meakes saw the line for a high tackle

Neil Treacy

Red or yellow?

Gloucester held on to beat Edinburgh in the European Challenge Cup final, but it wasn’t without drama.

They led 19-6 when centre Billy Meakes was red carded on the TMO’s recommendation for this high-tackle on Edinburgh’s Sam Beard.

Beard ran a decoy line and never touched the ball, but was taken out by the Gloucester man’s swinging arm around the neck.

In the end, Gloucester clung on to win 19-13, but had Edinburgh made a late comeback, we’d surely be seeing this tackle a lot more in the days ahead.

We’re thinking it’s the correct call, but we seem to be in the minority.

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