The IRFU may be disconnected from a chunk of their audience on the price of Test rugby at Lansdowne Road but at least those who ponied up large can claim to have witnessed a truly crazy match. In the 2013 Six Nations in Rome Ireland had their backline sundered by a freakish run of injuries, leaving holes being filled by men who didn't know how to hold a shovel.
Particularly alarming is the fact that seven referees and 15 assistant referees who work in the Super Lig are among the suspects. "One referee alone placed 18,227 bets," TFF President Ibrahim Hacosmanoglu told a press conference. "We are determined to rid football of any trace of corruption. We will make no exceptions." The scale of the scandal suggests systematic, organized structures.