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How can saying sorry excuse a gouge?

PLAYERS who commit foul acts so blatant that it leaves them without a leg to stand on have long learnt that it pays to say sorry. An immediate admission of regret goes a long way towards reducing their sentence.
In Pierre Bourgarit’s case it saved him from spending the next 12 weeks in a state of suspension for gouging Tom Curry during La Rochelle’s defeat at Sale last Sunday. Why an apology should carry any clout in reducing the ban for such a horrid act has provoked widespread condemnation.
Instead of being banged to rights for three months, the minimum punishment, Bourgarit e...

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