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Plymouth Albion v RFU: A Disproportionately Costly Error?

Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club (the “Club”) of National League 1 has hit the rugby press over the past few weeks after being hit with a heavy disciplinary sanction by the RFU. On 26 May 2020, an RFU Appeal Panel…

Disciplinary Agents/Breach of Contract/Contracts/Courts/Disciplinary/England/Fine/Gloucester/Inducing Breach of Contract/Misconduct/Points Deductions/Premiership/RFU/RFU Regulation 19/RFU Regulation 7/RFU Regulation 8/RFU Rule 5.12/Rohan Janse van Rensburg/Sale Sharks/Sanctions/South Africa/Tapping Up/Tort/Transfer Market/Transfers/World Rugby June 10, 2020 by Ben Cisneros

‘Tapping Up’ in Rugby: the van Rensburg case

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,…

Player Welfare Cillian Willis/Concussion/Courts/Danger/Injuries/Negligence/Player Welfare/Premiership/Sale Sharks/Vicarious Liability February 11, 2019February 13, 2019 by Ben Cisneros

The Cillian Willis Case

It has been reported that Cillian Willis’ negligence claim against Sale Sharks’ doctors is to be heard in closed court in Manchester from today. Willis, the former Sale scrum-half, was forced to retire in 2013 after a series of concussions…

Disciplinary Chris Ashton/Courts/Danger/Disciplinary/England/Foul Play/Independent Committee/Injury/Player Welfare/Premiership/Red Card/Rory Kockott/Rules/Sale Sharks/Sanctions/Tip Tackle/Transfers August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 by Ben Cisneros

Ashton Fortunate to Escape Longer Ban

Chris Ashton was yesterday handed a seven-week suspension by the RFU. It came as a result of the red card he received in a pre-season friendly match between Castres Olympique and his new club, Sale Sharks, on Friday 17 August,…

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Plymouth Albion v RFU: A Disproportionately Costly Error?

‘Tapping Up’ in Rugby: the van Rensburg case

The Cillian Willis Case

Ashton Fortunate to Escape Longer Ban

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