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U20 Six Nations clash marred by double red card
By Online Editors
France's loss to England in the U20 Six Nations has been marred by a double red card.
A brain explosion from replacement lock Pierre-Henri Azagoh and replacement prop Hassane Kolingar led to two red cards after a dangerous tip tackle on England's Fraser Dingwall, lifting the centre off the ground as he bridged over a ruck before sending him head first into the turf.
With Les Bleus down to 13 men, England managed to hold on for a 22-6 win.
The win moves England level with France at the top of the competition table with just one fixture remaining each, and ends France's hopes for a Grand Slam.
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Hi all. Thanks for commenting. JD is right: the headline is not mine. My headline was what ended up as the first sentence: “Why is Super Rugby Pacific so exciting this season?”. I am certainly not claiming that teams from one competition are better than the teams from another. This type of discussion is entirely subjective (as the teams do not play each other, and even with the players face each other in their national teams, it is in different systems, conditions, etc.). The season being exciting has nothing to do how well the Wallabies will do against the Lions, or against New Zealand.
My sole purpose here was to try explore quantitatively a ‘qualitative’ impression (that the season is exciting).
On Graham’s point about extreme results skewing the results, and Ed’s comment on removing outliers, this is precisely why I report the median values as well as the averages. The median is not skewed by outliers. If the margins of 5 games are 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 points, the median margin is 5. If there was one blowout and the margins were 3, 4, 5, 8 and 57 points, the median margin is still 5.
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