Refereeing decisions

[Strewthcobber]

This may also change the way entry point is calculated going forward - if the committees were (incorrectly) assuming intent and nature of offense were to be applied both as part of entry point and in determining mitigation they may have come to lower entry point conclusions then they otherwise would have.

Section 17.19 of the World Rugby regulations pretty clearly calls them

relevant off-field mitigating factors

Mitigating factors include the following:

(a) the presence and timing of an acknowledgement of the commission of foul play by the offending Player;

(b) the Player’s disciplinary record;

(c) the youth and/or inexperience of the Player;

(d) the Player’s conduct prior to and at the hearing

(e) the Player having demonstrated remorse for his/her conduct to the victim Player including the timing of such remorse; and

(f) any other off-field mitigating factor(s) that the Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer considers relevant and appropriate.

Hopefully the FPRC gets properly trained and don't make that error in judgement again

The FPRC, chaired by Brenda Heather-Latu (Samoa), joined by Ofisa Tonu’u (New Zealand) and Valeriu Toma (Romania), reviewed the cases and proposed a 12-match sanction for Berthoumieu