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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