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Article: World Cup Diary: Luck of the draw might just drop the Wallabies in it
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- November 8, 2003
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ETERNAL optimists, listen here. Ever considered Scotland should
play for a 0-0 draw against Australia today?
It might just work. A drop-goal shoot-out will take place for the
first time in the Rugby World Cup to settle the outcome of this
weekend's quarter-finals, should the teams be tied after extra-time.
Initially, there will be two ten-minute periods of extra-time if
the teams are level at the end of 80 minutes, and, if still tied,
there will then by a third 'golden point' period of a maximum of ten
minutes with the first team to get points on the board, from a try,
penalty or drop-goal, winning.
If that fails to separate them, it will come down to a drop-goal
shoot-out. Each team will ...