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Katie Sands

New Zealand v Ireland controversy as flying All Black wipes out Ireland star and escapes red card

All Blacks winger Leicester Faingaanuku was lucky to escape a red card following a "nasty" aerial challenge on Ireland's Mack Hansen.

Hansen had just kicked the ball up the right touchline when Fainga'anuku and Dalton Papalii clattered into him 17 minutes into the contest on Saturday. The All Blacks winger came flying through the air to make shoulder contact with the Irishman while his arms were not wrapped.

Replays were played inside the stadium in Dunedin, where TMO Tom Foley agreed with referee Jaco Peyper's yellow card assessment due to the first contact between the pair being with Hansen's chest, although there was confirmed head contact right afterwards. Foley said: "It is not high danger. It is yellow card."

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