Owen Franks somehow escapes punishment after fingers in Wallaby face

The entire rugby world seems to be united in shock that Owen Franks escaped punishment for what looks to be clear contact with the eyes during the second Bledisloe Cup Test on Saturday. There has been no citing, despite another angle looking very incriminating. Only one angle was shown during the match (the live angle, as seen above) but since then another has been made public by an Australian newspaper, showing what looks to be Franks' fingers making contact with the face and eye area of the Wallaby lock. It came at a lineout early in the game, with the All Blacks scoring their first try sho…

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