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# pay the penalty

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Ranked - the counties where you're most likely to have received penalty points

Some counties with the worst road fatality records in Ireland incur the least penalty points in the country.

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Jun 6th 2017, 12:05 AM

You need to hear about Louis van Gaal's bizarre penalty taker system to believe it

Wayne Rooney revealed all in an interview with Gary Neville.

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May 26th 2015, 11:40 AM

Late penalty try denies Wales their first ever win on South African soil

Warren Gatland’s men were denied a famous win after once leading 17-0.

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Jun 21st 2014, 3:00 PM

Austrian footballers recreate Pires/Henry penalty with similar, disastrous result

If at first you don’t succeed…

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Oct 28th 2013, 7:50 PM