contentious decisions happen all the time. This doesn’t even seem like the high end of the scale.
Not sure why sending off the wrong player couldn’t have been resolved at the time? Maybe happy for someone else to take the fall at the time?
Hopefully the kids can bounce back from their average form
There was a big discussion on field. All the players knew it was the wrong player, but referee has to back themselves or else risk getting the wool pulled over their eyes. Nick said to the Phoenix players at the time, "then tell me who it was" and Phoenix players kept their mouths shout. Felt bad for the player that did get sent, his own players had thrown him under the bus.