NICK CAIN
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Take a bow Jerome Garces for bucking the trend of referees turning a blind eye to All Black indiscretions over the last half century by sending off Sonny Bill Williams in the Lions’ second Test victory over New Zealand last weekend.
Congratulations also to an Aussie disciplinary panel that – for once – did not rule in favour of the old ANZAC alliance in the fall-out from the match by entering into a tit-for-tat banning following the citing of Lions flanker Sean O’Brien.
French referee Garces refused to be swayed by eithe...