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"His presence and influence on me as a new and inexperienced referee certainly meant him avoiding a yellow card.
"I came off the field at the end game and Derek Bevan who was the TMO and who has coached me aswell and who I owe a lot to. He said 'Not many things happen in rugby by accident. He's got you there. He's used his experience to give you the impression that it was an accident.' Derek Bevan told me 'Never let that happen again'. I learnt from that.
"There's no doubt that a good captain can make a difference."
Still, it wouldn't be Owens if he didn't have some comeback for Dallaglio the next time he saw him.
"I refereed him in a game a couple of months after. He was the captain still. I went into the changing room and he came over and shook my hand. I said 'Right then Lawrence, what half do you want to go off in today?' In fairness, he just laughed, I just laughed and we moved on."Sport

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