No, what really happened was sadder than suicide, more pitiful than a nervous breakdown: Field had sneaked off to the Levee district for a tryst at the Everleigh Club.

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However, two mistakes are so clearly mental errors as opposed to a breakdown on the field that they bear analysis.

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In both games so far, South African players have had players sin-binned for infringements at the breakdown, while New Zealand captain Richie McCaw has been penalised repeatedly and cautioned for infringements at the breakdown, but allowed to remain on the field.

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