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We need laws for the ages, not for a season

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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

A few weeks back, the first round of the European Champions Cup to be precise, Irish ref Frank Murphy made me smile when he was taking charge of Exeter’s game against Castres down in Stade Pierre Fabre. The Exeter pack were marching their French opponents back at scrum time and were predictably screaming and hollering demanding the penalty they have become accustomed to getting in such situations.
Murphy, the old silver fox, was having none of it. “This isn’t the Premiership”, was his quip if I overheard the...

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