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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Purewal

RARE PHOTOS: Rugby world cup risks descending into farce unless refereeing inconsistencies are stamped out | Rare Historical Photos

Referees must find alignment on head-on-head collisions, and fast, ­otherwise this Rugby World Cup could be compromised by inequality.

Three similar incidents across the opening weekend of the global ­tournament in France and zero ­consensus on the refereeing outcome.

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