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Lawrence petition hits 67 000

Johannesburg - Thousands of South Africans are still flooding an online petition to have a referee banned from rugby following his performance in Australia's 11-9 quarter-final win over the defending champion Springboks on Sunday.

The "Petition to stop Bryce Lawrence ever reffing a rugby game again" is making plenty of news in World Cup host nation New Zealand, after more than 67 000 Facebook users had confirmed by Thursday morning that they liked the site.

Lawrence has been accused by Springboks fans of egregious oversights in his handling of the quarter-final, particularly at the breakdown where flank David Pocock provided a deluge of turnovers for the Wallabies.

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