Ireland waltzed to a one-sided 50-6 win over Italy on Sunday after an unfortunate early sequence of events left the Six Nations ' Wooden Spoon favourites playing an hour of the match with only 13 men.
Azzurri hooker Gianmarco Lucchesi was sidelined in the opening exchanges due to injury, only for tragedy to strike when replacement Hame Faiva was sent off on 18 minutes for a dangerous tackle on Dan Sheehan.
Referee Nika Amashukeli—the first Georgian to officiate a Six Nations fixture—informed Italy they would need to sacrifice another player in order to bring on a specialist front-rower.
