Munster's Chris Cloete was the victim of an apparent eye-gouge at a critical moment in Munster's Heineken Cup game away to Castres. Midway through the first-half, Castres were awarded a try after a lengthy TMO review, after which Munster asked referee Wayne Barnes to review an alleged eye gouge on Chris Cloete by Rory Kockott.
Barnes took no action other than telling Munster that it would be a matter for the citing commissioner on Monday morning.
Here's a video of the incident below, as Kockott makes contact with Cloete's face:
Just @RoryKockott being a tramp.. someone wrong with your own eyes that you need Chris’ or?? pic.twitter.com/JFpwF9jfFU
— Daniel Hegarty (@MeinNameIstDan) December 15, 2018
Here's a close-up image of the incident:
Clear eye gouge by Rory Crockett on chris cloete....what was d TMO looking at???? @Munsterrugby @docallaghan4@EPRC_official #citing #COvMUN #shouldbeoff pic.twitter.com/7Dseet50Ca
— Ger Holohan (@ger_holohan) December 15, 2018
Kockott was yellow-carded right at the end of the first-half, for not rolling away as Munster pushed toward the try line.
He returned for the second half...which may be the last bit of rugby he plays for a few weeks.
