A Sports Law Rugby Blog
Over the weekend of 28 June 2020, a public disagreement broke out between two Premiership rugby clubs over the services of coach George Skivington. Mr Skivington was, until Saturday, an assistant coach at London Irish Rugby Football Club (“London Irish”).…
On 21 April 2020, the RFU published the decision of an independent disciplinary panel (the “Panel”) in the matter of RFU v Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Sale Sharks and Matthew Ginvert (the “Decision”). The case, involving charges against a player,…
There is increasing discussion about a new rugby players union in England. Leicester and England prop Ellis Genge is at the heart of a new plan to “shake up the rugby scene”, after being disappointed at the advice given to…
The following article was co-authored by Kevin Carpenter and I, and published by LawInSport. It has been in the pipeline for some time, but we hope that it provides a comprehensive analysis of the disciplinary decisions of Rugby World Cup…
I am delighted to have had a non-rugby, academic article published in the International Sports Law Journal. It can be read at the below link, and is Open Access - so free to read for all. Challenging the call: Should…
Premiership Rugby has ordered an independent review of its Salary Cap Regulations (the “Regulations”). The review is being conducted by Lord Paul Myners, the former Financial Services Secretary who served under Gordon Brown’s Government. The “comprehensive review” aims to strengthen…
The judgment is public – at last. Almost three months after Saracens Rugby Club (“Saracens”) were punished for breaching the Premiership Rugby Salary Cap Regulations (the “Regulations”), Premiership Rugby (“PRL”) has released the full written decision (the “Decision”) of the…
On Saturday 18th January 2020, Saracens were condemned to relegation from the English Premiership. Two days on, I can scarcely believe that I have just written that. In spite of the £5.36 million fine, the 35-point deduction and the difficulties…
On 11 December 2019, a Judicial Committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Welsh Rugby Union (“WRU”) handed down its decision in the case of WRU v Robert Howley (the “Decision”). The Committee found that Howley had breached World Rugby Regulation…
This is the second part of a series of articles on Saracens’ breaches of the Premiership Rugby Salary Cap Regulations. Part I, which explained the breaches and the applicable Regulations can be found here. Part III shall follow in due…
