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Peter Jackson: Argentina left licking their wounds after double mugging

Tom Curry condemned Argentina to a gross injustice at Twickenham last weekend, one which subjected the victims to a grotesque double whammy.
Juan Cruz Mallia of Argentina is tackled by Tom Curry, which resulted in him being replaced due to injury

Tom Curry condemned Argentina to a gross injustice at Twickenham last weekend, one which subjected the victims to a grotesque double whammy.

The Pumas had good reason for accusing the game of bringing itself into disrepute.
On a different day at a different place, a different referee might well have reduced England to 14 men, thereby putting them at increased risk of losing the match instead of ensuring their hapless opponents finished with 14.
Curry’s late hit on Juan Cruz Mallia was not deemed late enough in Pierre Brousset’s opinion for the French referee to bin England’s Lion of a flank...

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