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    Oval-ball games

    Mar 22, 2020 3 minutes
    by Paul Thomas

    With the coronavirus effectively ruining Europe’s Six Nations rugby tournament – three games were postponed, probably until next season – those involved in the penultimate round of matches conducted themselves with “school’s out for summer” abandon.

    The headline act was “Fondlegate”, starring England prop Joe Marler as the not-so-phantom groper and Welsh captain Alun Wyn Jones as the recipient of the unwelcome advance. The photo of the incident is instructive: like a shoplifter sensing he’s at risk of being

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