Crunch: Owen Farrell’s no-arms tackle on Springbok Andre Esterhuizen
Twickenham November 3, 2018
Owen Farrell’s no-arms tackle secures England a home win over South Africa only because the referee, Angus Gardner, failed to punish him with the penalty which would almost certainly have won the match for the Springboks.
Twickenham November 10, 2018
South African referee Jaco Peyper denies Australia the most blatant of penalty tries over another illegal Farrell hit, on Wallaby lock Izack Rodda.
That a vastly superior England would surely have won regardless is beside the point.
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