A closer look at all the angles of the Chris Ashton vs Rory Kockott incident

Chris Ashton's sending off made headlines this week, initially thought to be for a punch, but yesterday was confirmed as a dangerous tip-tackle by the RFU. Here, we've mashed together different angles of the incident, giving you a closer look at what happened. Playing fullback for Sale Sharks in a pre-season fixture against Castres, Ashton took a Rory Kockott high ball before being sacked and taken to ground. With pressure on him, he turned the wrong way and Castres forwards, along with Kockott, went in to get the turnover. As the penalty was awarded to Castres, Ashton held on to the ball, ca…