Cian Tracey: Inevitable end to Tadhg Beirne red card farce sums up lack of consistency among officials

At the end of it all, Beirne is free to play in Saturday’s game against Japan at the Aviva Stadium (12.40), and while that is all well and good, it does little to ease Ireland’s frustrations around the fact that an incorrect decision in Chicago last weekend meant Andy Farrell’s men were without, arguably, their best player from the third minute.