WATCH: Lavanini sent off for high tackle on Owen Farrell

Argentina second row Tomás Lavanini was shown a red card against England on Saturday, 5 October for a high tackle on Owen Farrell.

Lavanini’s shoulder made contact with Farrell’s head and referee Nigel Owens said there was “not enough mitigating circumstances” to award anything other than a red card following a TMO review.

Lavanini has represented Los Pumas more than 50 times and the 26-year-old will join Leicester Tigers after the World Cup for the start of the Premiership season.

REACTION

This photo is doing the rounds on twitter comparing Lavanini’s tackle and Piers Francis, like I said at the time I thought it was a worthy of a red card…. #ENGvARG #RWC2019 pic.twitter.com/J9UMnvTcqj

— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) October 5, 2019

Game over #ENGvARG

— Jim Hamilton (@jimhamilton4) October 5, 2019

The Argentinians can’t have any arguments with that decision, red card all day long in the current environment #ENGvARG

— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) October 5, 2019

Argentina’s most carded-man has received a red in Tokyo! #RWC2019 #ENGvARG pic.twitter.com/SgR5tCDhzi

— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) October 5, 2019

That’s a 19,554-game ban in the Premiership, in fairness.

— Charlie Morgan (@CharlieFelix) October 5, 2019

Good night.

Amazed Nigel didn’t see it live tbh. TMO had to force him to have a look. Red all day.#ENGvARG

— Charlie Talbot-Smith (@talbotsmith) October 5, 2019