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# Scot free

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# Matt Williams
'Chancy decision' to drop Laidlaw shows Scotland boss Townsend is still learning
Axing captain for Wales clash ‘sends ructions through the camp’, according to Matt Williams.
# Scot free
Ryan Wilson escapes 'contact with eye area' ban, available for clash with Ireland
The disciplinary committee decided that Wilson’s offence was ‘reckless, light and fleeting’.
# Scot free
This swinging arm got Saracens flanker Burger suspended for just one week
Jacques Burger is now free to play in the club’s Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont.
# two feet
No retrospective action as Glenn Whelan gets away with horror tackle on Javi Garcia
‘It’s the English game, the old-fashioned game,’ the Dubliner said.
# Amnesty
Welfare amnesty would allow people who defraud State 'to escape scot-free'
Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has rejected Sinn Féin’s proposal for a social welfare amnesty for those who have been overpaid or have defrauded the State.
# Scot free
Scotland boss Levein exit reports sadden Charlie Adam
“Can’t believe the Scottish papers got what they wanted,” the Stoke man says as the Scottish boss looks to be gone.
# Crossed lines
Missed calls: Has anyone seen James McCarthy?
Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni says he can’t get through to the Wigan midfielder. What’s going on?