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Dear World Rugby – Please Give Rassie Sanction 18.10.1 (j)

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Part of the statement from World Rugby announcing to the world that Rassie Erasmus – the Director of SA Rugby and SA rugby itself would be called to a hearing on charges of misconduct said; “… the extensive and direct nature of the comments made by Rassie Erasmus within a video address, in particular, meets the threshold to be considered a breach of World Rugby Regulation 18 (Misconduct and Code of Conduct) and will now be considered by an independent disciplinary panel.”

A quick read of World Rugby’s Regulation 18 and watching of the video in question will reveal that Rassie Erasmus presented his video after a thorough read of the misconduct regulations and probably a good sit down with a legal team so the fear mongering amongst click bait hungry media is probably a bit of a damp squib.

In fact World Rugby should come out and thank the Lions and Springboks for keeping the game alive and in the forefront of all minds during these trying times. After all – the worst thing is to have no-one talking about you because then you are dead and do not sell tickets or exclusive rights to tournaments or are able to claim massive audiences.

That aside Section 18.10 of World Rugby’s Regulations deals with ‘Sanctions for Misconduct’ and, this humble scribe says that the only proper sanction would be for the disciplinary officer to find that the appropriate sanction would be sanction (j) which reads; “the replaying of a Match”.

Then the Springboks can get the clean sweep that they deserve!

Click here for the full World Rugby Regulation 18 load of lawyer speak.

FYI:

18.10         Sanctions for Misconduct

18.10.1      If a Judicial Committee or Judicial Officer determines that an act or acts of Misconduct have been committed then it/he shall receive and consider representations on sanctions. The Judicial Committees and Judicial Officers shall be entitled to impose such sanction as they think fit on the Union, Person and/or Player and/or other party concerned including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)     a caution, warning as to future conduct, reprimand;

(b)     a fine and/or compensation orders;

(c)     a suspension for a specified number of Matches (including all on?field activities) or period of time;

(d)     expulsion from the remainder of a Tournament and/or Series of Matches;

(e)     exclusion orders from Unions or grounds within Unions;

(f)      suspension from involvement in officiating, coaching and/or administration of the Game;

(g)     the withdrawal of other benefits of membership of World Rugby including but not limited to the right to apply to host World Rugby Matches or International Tournaments and/or funding;

(h)    the deduction or cancellation of points or any such similar sports or tournament based sanction;

(i)      the cancellation of a Match result;

(j)      the replaying of a Match;

(k)     the forfeiture of a Match; and/or

(m)    any combination of the above or such other sanction as may be appropriate.

                   When imposing a sanction for Misconduct the Judicial Committee or Judicial Officer shall describe the precise nature of any sanction and its scope and the extent of any activities restricted and/or prohibited.

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