Leicester have gone into bat for Chris Ashton in a last-ditch attempt to prevent his career ending in red card ignominy.
Tigers boss Richard Wigglesworth revealed last night that the club will appeal against the decision to send the former England wing off for a dangerous tackle in Saturday’s loss to Harlequins.
Ashton, who retires at the end of the season, will not play again if disciplinary chiefs uphold referee Ian Tempest’s ruling over his shoulder-to-head contact on Harlequins wing Cadan Murley. A ban would rule the Premiership’s all-time record try scorer out of the post-season play-offs which take Leicester to Sale on Sunday.
