Do two incidents during England’s defeat of Ireland at Twickenham highlight issues of playacting in rugby?

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Do two incidents during England’s defeat of Ireland at Twickenham highlight issues of playacting in rugby?

No good deed goes unpunished, as you know. With the concerted effort in recent years to issue more severe punishments to players for making contact with the heads of their opponents in a bid to reduce serious long-term injury, a new trend has crept in.