The likes of Yannick Nyanga and Christophe Dominici were finding gaps in the Pumas defence but all they had to show from a dominant opening 20 minutes was an Elissalde penalty, for Patricio Albacete's hands in the ruck.

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Elissalde landed another penalty in the 22nd minute, awarded for Irish hands in the ruck.

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In 2006, a total of 166, 880 fixed penalty notices were issued for driving while using a hands-held mobile, compared with 122, 000 in 2007, according to Home Office figures.

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The home side were briefly reduced to 14 men themselves when, with Northampton camped on Sale's line, scrum-half Peel incurred the wrath of referee Tim Wigglesworth and became the first of the night's three sin-binnings for kicking the ball out of Martin Roberts' hands as he attempted to take a quick penalty tap.

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