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Tonight's rugby news as Ireland star cited for brutal All Blacks incident and former Welsh scrum-half dies

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Here are the latest rugby headlines on Monday, July 18. Ireland prop Andrew Porter has been cited following the incident which broke Brodie Retallick's cheekbone in the Test series decider against New Zealand on Saturday.

Porter escaped a red for the upright 53rd-minute tackle against the lock, which resulted in a clash of heads before the All Blacks second-row was removed from the field for a head injury assessment (which he failed).

It was later confirmed he had suffered a broken cheekbone. After receiving just a yellow card from referee Wayne Barnes, Porter will now face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, July 19, and could be slapped with a ban.

The incident sparked anger among fans in New Zealand and elsewhere, with many believing a red card should have been issued. Despite the severity of the injury, Porter was only shown a yellow because Barnes judged he had only "absorbed" the tackle, reducing the force of it.

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