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COMMENT: Repeat cheats destroy sport’s ethos

THE comparison 
betweeen rugby and football, a gentleman’s game played by hooligans and vice versa, has become blurred.

Now both are characterised as games played by cheats.

The latest evidence, of course, was the self-acknowledged hand-ball by Thierry Henry in Paris on Wednesday evening which helped William Gallas score the World Cup play-off goal which eliminated the Republic of Ireland.