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Owen Farrell hit by little-known rule again as it costs England dear in Rugby World Cup semi-final
OWEN FARRELL gifted South Africa their crucial opening points in the Rugby World Cup semi-final - thanks to his potty mouth and a little-known rule. The England captain had fired his team into a 6-0 lead against the Springboks early on in Paris.But he handed the defending champions a way back into the game for his backchat to the referee - and it proved costly as South Africa fought back to win 16-15 and book their place in next week's final. England had conceded a penalty on the halfway line with 20 minutes gone. But as the decision went against the Red Rose, Farrell was quickly in Ben O’Keeffe's ear to moan about the call. It came just a couple of minutes after Farrell and opposite number Siya Kolisi were given a ticking off for some handbags - prompting the England man to argue with the official.So when the penalty on halfway went against England and Farrell expressed his displeasure, ref O'Keeffe punished the fly-half by moving the penalty ten metres closer to the posts. The rule was first introduced as a trial in 2018 to try and cut down on backchat from players - having been used in some football matches. However, the law stuck in rugby and referees have the discretion to march offending teams back ten metres or even show a yellow card. South Africa made the most of the obscure rule as Manie Libbok decided to take on the kick from just inside the England half and struck the penalty between the posts.Jonny Wilkinson - who was the fly-half when England won the World Cup in 2003 - had his say on the incident at half-time. He told ITV: "Those penalties are such a doorway into huge territory and momentum sings. "Without those, this half would have been very different."Fans also took to social media to pile in on Farrell's costly petulance. One said: "Owen Farrell needs to shut his trap. Such a deeply unlikeable player." Another wrote: "Why does Owen Farrell persist in arguing with the referee?" A third added: "Owen Farrell losing his head, needs to calm down massively."And a final user commented: "Could someone design Owen Farrell a gum shield that stops him talking?" The incident is not the first time during the Rugby World Cup that Farrell has been hit by unusual laws. Against Samoa, the Saracens ace became the first player at the tournament to be timed out by the shot clock on a penalty. Farrell, though, let his boot do the talking moments later to restore England's six-point lead against South Africa.Farrell fired a dominant Red Rose into a 15-6 lead with a superb drop goal in the second half. But RG Snyman scored the poor contest's only try with 11 minutes to go before Handre Pollard nailed a 49m penalty two minutes from time to snatch victory.Owen Farrell hit by little-known rule again as it costs England dear in Rugby World Cup semi-final loss to South Africa
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Bristol City boss Lee Johnson rues 'handballs' in FA Cup defeat to Wolves
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson rues 'handballs' in FA Cup defeat to Wolves. Lee Johnson compared Wolves to the Harlem Globetrotters as he felt there were three handballs in Bristol City's 1-0 FA Cup defeat to the Premier League side. Ivan Cavaleiro scored Wolves' only goal in the cup tie as the Midlands club prepare for their first FA Cup quarter-final in 16 years. But Johnson felt there was a handball by Matt Doherty in the build-up to the goal, who squared the ball across to Cavaleiro to apply the finish, and also thought his team should have had a penalty after Jay Dasilva's cross struck Doherty's hand. "I did think it was handball for the goal," he said. "I wasn't sure whether we were playing Wolves or the Harlem Globetrotters at one point! There were three handballs. The one that (Willy) Boly received from the goalkeeper as well. "The one that disappointed me was the goal. It was clear. Although it was a ricochet, it laid the ball perfectly into the path of (Matt) Doherty to square it into an area where we didn't have players recovering." There appeared to be friction and words exchanged between the respective coaching teams as the sides went off at the break at Ashton Gate. City's assistant head coach Jamie McAllister was understood to have been cautioned by referee Martin Atkinson, but Johnson described the fracas as "a bit of handbags". He said: "To be fair, they are a fiery bench and we are a fiery bench as well. "There was a bit of handbags. To be honest, I don't actually know what started it. It's nothing." City, meanwhile, suffered their first defeat since November, but Johnson took considerable comfort from his side's second-half display. "We have got to respect that Wolves are a fantastic side, full of energy, power and quality, and I thought we really gave it a go," he added. "In the first half, we were off the pace in comparison. Tactically, we didn't get our game going, and the second half was the complete opposite. "We showed character, charisma and identity in the second half. It's hurting that we are out of the cup, because we felt that we had a chance. "But you have got to learn from defeats, and we take the positives, but we also understand where we are a little bit short at that level. We took a very good side right down to the wire."