Level of inconsistency over Joe Marler’s ban for an act without malice Ugo Monye
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The laws of rugby can be so rigid that there just is not any breathing space for anyone trying to make sense of what has happened
The rugby authorities have an important decision to make because I look at the outcomes of this week’s various disciplinary hearings and it leads me to one key question: What is more important – the health and safety of the players or the game’s image? In the past few days we’ve seen a three-week ban for a punch to the face, four weeks for nearly taking someone’s head off, nothing for a coach calling the referee a cheat and 10 weeks for Joe Marler – an incident that looks bad but contained no malice at all.
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