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Agree, at one point Wayne talks about using the facts you have available (from where you are, what you see, etc) and importantly not filling in the...

Yes I know and I agree with you, but this goes into a bit more depth. Including what the definition of foul play is (in the context of head on...

That’s why I said my previous post.

Good advice here. After the initial presentation he talks about how to handle this in the community game with just one look at the incident. ...

Sometimes, I think, you can only judge that something is reckless by outcome, like it or not. It is perfectly possible to perform a stand up, chest...

At this stage I'm no clearer on what the outcome should be when I see a similar incident during one of my games. To be clear, prior to the incident...

Yes. Very difficult to penalise anyone side if it's just spinning on it's axis. Look for tell tale signs like anyone turning in, or stepping out....

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one - which is probably the point, I’m sure they’ve happened. High tackles of course, and a few forearms to the head,...

Agreed. The subtle head clashes are very difficult to see at full speed, with one change of seeing it.

Still very much up to the ref at the community game and here it may well be down to gut feeling about situations.

I surmise we are headed toward the 20-minute replacement rule for RC. That way WR can continue to crack down very hard on what they see as...

Throughout both six nations tournaments I have got the feeling that (some?) referees are not looking hard enough at keeping players on the pitch but...

...and was probably thinking, i'm not getting involved in this, "sorry too far away, never saw a thing".

The BBC article was written in 2012 and the share structure has changed, probably when CVC came onboard. However, it does suggest that B shares may...

"accidental" is still not a word in the protocol, and was repeated as an explanantion by the ref (alebit accpeting this isnt her first language). ...

No, it’s more complex than that (read the BBC article I linked to earlier), but part of that includes; Each club gets B shares Every club...

so they coud get to a situation then that sides get relegated and do NOT sell their shares and the premiership ends up with twelve/fourteen/however...

I didn't see any change of direction from White, and the Blue player was still rising as she hit, so it was never going to be anything other than a...

I think it’s more there’s an opportunity for someone to buy if they want, eg Bristol or Irish

Exactly this.

So if Sarries don't get promoted do they have to relinquish their shares?

So the Referee, ARs X2 and TMO thought not even a PK, the Citing Officer thought RC, and the Disciplinary Committee thought YC. Glad that this...

Great post Thanks

It has changed a bit with CVC. Premiership Rugby is owned by a limited liability partnership, Premier Rugby Holdings LLP, partnership number...

And while we may have queries over the panel's view of changing direction etc the bigger query is surely how the ref and in particular TMO got that...

agree with the recent comments (#43 onwards). How frankly that isnt a RC is beyond me. But then I don;t sit on a 6N discisplinary panel. I...

Schoolboys too, maybe with less accuracy. Tom Homer is an example.

It's the most obvious way out, if considered deliberate or reckless then there can be no mitigation. If you can get mitigation to apply then it's...

Any half decent lawyer in a disciplinary hearing is going to quote that.m "yes, we admit there was contact to the head, but my client was trying to...