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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...

Not convinced on the mitigation either, however that’s subjective - at least we know now that it should have been a sanction on the framework

maybe the attempted wrap takes it from "reckless" (unguided missile with no consideration for outcome) to "careless" (got timing wrong)

If that had been a shoulder charge, I can understand that mitigation. I'm not sure I understand how attempting to wrap mitigates a head to head...

the only change of direction that I saw was bracing for impact.

Outcome was on Tuesday: Ms Magatti did not accept that she had committed an act of foul play. On review of the video footage and other evidence,...

Very true.

As an aside, I think the Italian player (if it’s Maria Magazzi) has been cited, outcome not yet known

I don’t know if it’s changed, but there’s multiple share types, with options to increase certain shares based on your length in the premiership...

There’s and RFU webinar doing the rounds with Wayne Barnes, walking though a lot of examples, talking through the process, considerations, degrees of...

I remember being surprised to find that London Irish were included after they had been relegated.

RC for me. I understand all the arguments about a relatively low degree of force. But the player went into a tackle high, had time to lower and...