England lock Joe Launchbury was surprise a man of the match in the hosts' loss to the Wallabies at Twickenham.

Rugby World Cup bosses are looking to change the embarrassing man of the match format for the business end of the tournament.

Fan polls via social media from a selection of three players named early in the second half were used to determine the honour during pool matches.

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That resulted in England's Joe Launchbury collecting the award in the loss to Australia when Wallabies playmaker Bernard Foley had been the undoubted star.

The Uruguay's Agustin Ormaechea scoring a try against Fiji, was named man of the match and then received his marching orders after being sent off for a yellow card offence - all in the space of eight minutes.

"There is a rethink happening because there have been a few challenges," head of Rugby World Cup Alan Gilpin told media.

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"Any man-of-the-match scenario where you have a public vote and that public vote takes place at a particular point in the game leads to some anomalies.

"We saw that with the Uruguay player who received a red card shortly after being named man of the match and of course the Launchbury situation.

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"We're looking at that now before the knockout stage and the plan is for the change to be made. We're adjusting the timing and the way the voting takes place."