So that leaves England in the awkward, unsatisfying position of being able to lose the match on Saturday and still win the Six Nations trophy.

WSJ: England Side Living Dangerously

"Every match win or lose could be the difference, " Roddick warned.

BBC: Roddick takes top spot

While not everyone fights over a serious legal matter -- the better part of combatants just do so for sport or because they're drunk -- those who do so are bound by the results of the match and are generally satisfied by them win or lose (although there have been occasional, impromptu "appeals").

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