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Was there a cut off point where it became a real number?
I can kind of understand if it was 9500 rounding up to 10500 to save face but surely if it was at 26000 it could be announced truthfully.
I think it is League that is the annoying bit, I have no issue with threats to move to another Super Rugby teams, play rugby overseas or even when someone claims they are considering a switch to NFL.
I know the managers would look at League but I wonder if it is a disservice for the player to...
3 x medium jerseys left @$155 each on the Reds website.
I am not sold on the design, and especially at $155 each.
I would love this design on a training tee at $70 though, I wonder if they could sell more as tshirts to raise more money?
In the US they often have "salute the troops" weekends...
In a technical sense in my concept the penalty itself is not based on the outcome, it just changes when the penalty starts.
So for a headbutt, it may be 5 weeks penalty, if you do no damage you immediately start the 5 weeks, if you mange to connect and break a nose and the victim is out for 2...
I have always thought the penalty should be added on to any time off for injury the player has, this way the severity is included.
An example may be McReight gets 2 weeks for what he did, if the player had concussion symptoms and is out for 6 weeks then his 2 week suspension would start in 6...
I know they are very different offences but for me Tate should get more that McReight. Tate deliberately set out to attack an opponent and McReight used poor and dangerous technique to make a tackle that is part of the game.