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Time for these go-slowers to get a move on

Peter Jackson puts the stopwatch on rugby’s slowest kickers and asks: Why do refs allow it?

Saturday night in Oita on the island of Kyushu at the World Cup. England’s quarter-final against Australia is hanging in the balance when the French referee pings the Wallabies in front of their posts.
Owen Farrell duly nails the routine penalty, eventually. Eleven points clear with half an hour left, the goal signals the beginning of the end for the Aussies on a night when a riotous finale ensures England win going away.
But, to extend the horse-racing analogy, Jerome Garces’...

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