■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham
Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje
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THERE are home-town decisions, and then there are those that come from the sofa in your own front room.
And Owen Farrell will be hugely relieved that he got one of the latter from Aussie referee Angus Gardner in the very last act of this Autumn series opener.
If the venue had been Cape Town rather than Twickenham you can bet your bottom dollar that the penalty following Farrell’s no arms high-shot on Springbok replacement Andre...
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