Munster will appeal the red card shown to Alex Nankivell in Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship win against Connacht on Saturday, in the hope that the centre will be cleared for this week’s Investec Champions Cup meeting with La Rochelle.
The New Zealander was shown a red card by referee Craig Evans 25 minutes into Saturday’s 30-24 Interpro win after making head contact with Connacht captain Cian Prendergast at a ruck.
Prendergast appeared to lose consciousness in the incident and was taken to Mayo University Hospital before being discharged on Sunday.
Nankivell was sent off following a TMO referral, with Evans saying there were no mitigating factors due to the Munster player not making an attempt…