Blues coach Sir John Kirwan is livid with a controversial red card of flanker Kane Barrett that left his side up against it in their 26-16 loss to the Chiefs at Eden Park.
Barrett was shown a red card for stomping Craig Clarke's head just a little over 20 minutes
into the match.
It left the Blues with 14 men for three quarters of the match and 13 when Baden Kerr was binned in the second half.
Kirwan says it was poor all around.
"Once again I thought it was an exaggeration. Look, on the screen you know he didn't mean to do it so a yellow would have been sufficient and it ruined what I reckon would have been a great game."
