London Irish 25 Sale Sharks 23, match report: Hosts battle hard to secure victory
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London Irish 25 Sale Sharks 23, match report: Hosts battle hard to secure victory
The Sale coach, Steve Diamond, lambasted the performance of the referee, Greg Macdonald after seeing his side narrowly lose a highly entertaining match on Sunday.
Macdonald, a former fly-half for Moseley and biology teacher, only took up refereeing five years ago and was in charge of just his second Premiership match.
He made a series of contentious calls, sending four players to the sin-bin including three in 12 second-half minutes.
“There were six Premiership referees doing games in the Championship yesterday,” said Diamond, “and we get a lad who’s doing his second game in a game th…
Macdonald, a former fly-half for Moseley and biology teacher, only took up refereeing five years ago and was in charge of just his second Premiership match.
He made a series of contentious calls, sending four players to the sin-bin including three in 12 second-half minutes.
“There were six Premiership referees doing games in the Championship yesterday,” said Diamond, “and we get a lad who’s doing his second game in a game th…
