TWEETS: Irish Fans React To Bundee Aki’s Red Card Against Samoa

It was all going so well. Ireland came into today's Rugby World Cup clash with Samoa in need of a bonus point victory in order to clinch a quarter-final spot. It was all going rather swimmingly with three tries helping Joe Schmidt's men to a 26-5 lead until it all went a bit pear-shaped in the 28th minute when Bundee Aki charged at UJ Sueuteni. The referee appeared in no doubt that it was a dangerous tackle and showed Aki a red card, ruling him out of Ireland's quarter-final New Zealand or South Africa. If you haven't seen the incident, you can judge for yourself below: https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/1182980630629494784

While the decision is of course unwelcome, Irish fans are divided as to whether it was merited...

https://twitter.com/Conmort/status/1182981006107828225 https://twitter.com/JimBliss23/status/1182986626231865344 https://twitter.com/owenignite/status/1182984609165914113 https://twitter.com/megancowzer_x/status/1182981508262432768 https://twitter.com/Donor_Cowling/status/1182980805682962432 https://twitter.com/Cbarron15/status/1182980755904958469 https://twitter.com/phunsiz3/status/1182980271953580032 https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1182979232185511936 Rugby World Cup protocol means that Aki should have a hearing in a couple of days time but if that doesn't go well our task next week will be all the more difficult.

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