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Watch: Sky Sports Make Bizarre U-Turn To Show Replay After Disagreeing With Ref's Decision

Watch: Sky Sports Make Bizarre U-Turn To Show Replay After Disagreeing With Ref's Decision
Conor O'Leary
By Conor O'Leary
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Owen Farrell overcame some missed kicks in the Champions Cup semi-final against Wasps to lead the Watford side into their second final in three years.

The out-half/centre is usually at the end of horrible tackles - like this one from Courtney Lawes - but on Saturday it was Farrell who was making a questionable tackle.

Farrell went in hard with his head first and appeared to knock out Wasps' scrumhalf Dan Robson. The collision was so bad that Sky Sports initially said that they weren't going to show the replay out of respect.

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Until Stuart Barnes disagreed with the referee's decision and wanted another look.

Farrell was sinbinned for his actions, which essentially meant he had ten minutes to bandaged up his head, which had split open in the act of the tackle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfexEs0ET8M

I've never seen a TV production say they weren't going to show an incident out of respect, only to change their mind because they disagreed with a decision.

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