The two key pieces of evidence that prove Jac Morgan's clearout series WAS legal - and the one thing the referee got wrong in moment that decided Lions v Australia series, writes SIR CLIVE WOODWARD
The Italian referee's decision not to penalise Lions flanker Jac Morgan for his clearout on Wallaby forward Carlo Tizzano in the build-up to Hugo Keenan's decisive try has very much divided opinion. The Australian rugby public has been up in arms, with the back pages in the country saying they were robbed at the death.
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