Danny Cipriani capped a bad week with a first-half red card for a high tackle which sent 14-man Gloucester spinning to a 36-22 Champions Cup defeat against Munster at Thomond Park. Tries from Mike Haley (20 minutes) and Rhys Marshall (34) gave Munster a 15-3 half-time lead, with Gloucester also having lock Tom Savage sin-binned. Cipriani got sent off for a shoulder barge, thanks to the new zero tolerance on high tacklesThe referee gave Danny Cipriani the red card in just the 29th minute, crippling GloucesterCipriani jogged off the pitch, just days after being left out of Eddie Jones' latest England squadDanny Cipriani has been sent off 🔴He knew straight away he was going to be shown red for this tackle. Carbery swept the conversion wide to the left, and Munster captain Peter O'Mahony coughed up a penalty which Cipriani turned into three points with a booming long-range kick. Gloucester's Tom Savage was shown a yellow card during the match at Thormond Park

Source: Daily Mail October 20, 2018 14:26 UTC