A Sports Law Rugby Blog
This is Part 2 of my review of the Myners Review. On 14 May 2020, Premiership Rugby published the report of the independent review of the Premiership Rugby Salary Cap Regulations (the “Regulations”), conducted by Lord Myners. Publication of the…
The disciplinary sanctions for foul play have been coming thick and fast at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. After Hodge, Lee-Lo and Matu’u were handed three-week bans for dangerous tackles (previously analysed here), it was hoped that players might take…
Aphiwe Dyantyi’s anti-doping charge has rocked the world of rugby. With under a month to go until the sport’s showpiece tournament in Japan, this is exactly the type of story that nobody wants to read. The South African international winger…
Castres’ Rory Kockott was this week handed a three-week suspension for “making contact with the eye area” of Munster’s Chris Cloete during Round 4 of the Champions Cup. The incident was not spotted by the referee during the game but…
High Tackling: does Rugby have a cocaine problem? Ben Cisneros says that no tolerance is the only way to preserve the sport's integrity.
