Disciplinary ///////// by Ben Cisneros

Lockdown Disciplinary Sanctions: Joseph, Stooke & Oghre

On 11 February, Jonathan Joseph, Elliott Stooke and Gabriel Oghre were sanctioned by the RFU for breaching the UK Government’s COVID-19 regulations and rugby’s COVID-19 Minimum Operating Standards. In what is now rugby’s second COVID-19 disciplinary case (see previously the…

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Player Welfare ////////////////////// by Ben Cisneros

Around the World in 7 Days: Rugby’s Hemisphere-Hopping ‘Heroes’

With the Rugby Championship underway in the Southern Hemisphere, and the English Premiership now restarted in the north, the club vs. country battle is fiercer than ever. Leicester’s Matt Toomua and Tatafu Polota-Nau, Saracens’ Juan Figallo, and Bath’s Francois Louw…

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