Brendan Gallagher, writing for the Irish Independent, argues that referees should be in the spotlight alongside the players cited for the tip-tackling over the weekend.
"The International Rugby Board's disciplinary procedure and two of England's top referees could be under nearly as much scrutiny as Bradley Davies and Stephen Ferris in London this afternoon when a Six Nations committee deals with the controversial issue of tip-tackling.
While everybody anticipated that Davies would be cited, few expected Ferris to be joining him, although both received yellow cards in Sunday's encounter between Ireland and Wales.
According to the IRB's directives -- and indeed the verbal report from assistant referee Dave Pearson -- Davies' lifting and dumping head-first of Donnacha Ryan was even more culpable than a so-called tip-tackle and had to be an automatic red card."
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