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Owen Doyle: South Africa’s winning kick should have been a reset scrum, not a penalty
Rugby World Cup referee Ben O’Keeffe said Springboks scrummaged illegally only because England’s Ellis Genge dropped his knee to floor
England’s Owen Farrell argues with referee Ben O’Keefe during his side's Rugby World Cup defeat. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
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