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His guards then brushed me aside and bundled him back into his car.

But when I met the man at the heart of all this controversy, Calin Georgescu brushed off any idea his meteoric rise – from fringe to election frontrunner - was down to Russian meddling.

"They are afraid," is how Georgescu brushed away evidence that hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent pushing campaign content for him, breaking both Romanian election law and TikTok's own rules.

Riley brushed off the notion that playcalling was to blame, suggesting Tuesday that the three failed trips — with the exception of one call he wanted back — were a function primarily of poor execution.

Wales were brushed aside by South Africa in Cardiff to extend their record losing run to 12 Tests in a row and complete a winless 2024.