In tonight’s Pat Lam bowl as his current team, the Bristol Bears faces his previous team, Connacht, it is the Irish side that have raced out to an early 12 – 0 lead.
Needing to secure a win and, ideally, a bonus point to give themselves a chance of qualification, the Bears are not up against it with two players currently off the pitch.
First to go was second row Josh Caulfield, who was shown a red card for a stamp on the face of Connacht and Ireland Tighthead Finlay Bealham.
Running into clear a ruck, Caulfield appeared to lose track of where his feet were and made a nasty contact with Bealham’s face.
French referee Pierre Brousset determined that Caulfield’s action was a clear act of foul play and was left with no option but to send him from the field of play.
Josh Caulfield recieves a red card for standing on the head of Finlay Bealham 🤕
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Seven minutes later, Caulfield was joined by prop Kyle Sinckler, who was shown a yellow card as Connacht barged over for their second try.
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