knock-on

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Despite losing Lynagh for 10 minutes after a deliberate knock-on, a fired-up Italian defence coughed up just five points to a sputtering Irish attack before Garbisi's penalty brought the visitors to within two points after 20 minutes.

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Hurting from last week's thumping defeat by France in Paris, Ireland took the lead through Jamie Osborne's unconverted try after Italy wing Louis Lynagh's yellow card for a deliberate knock-on.

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With a knock-on effect of adding to pressure on health and social care services, finding ways to help people shift their recovery from hospital to their own homes can be vital.

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Players' decisions at international level also have a knock-on effect on their club careers.

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Prof Helen Rees, founder and executive director of Wits RHI, one of the world's leading HIV research institutes, says "the impact of the cuts was profound, because it was so sudden" and fears the knock-on effects.

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