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I appreciate the significance and symbolism, but a baby poo brown sublimated fishing polo from BCF really ain't it.

Yeah, swayed me. It's hard to disagree with this rationale. I will say - while Fraser and Tate's punishments are justified by the above - I think the issue is the ultimate equivalence to the headbutt which, in my opinion, deserves a stronger punishment regardless of its rarity. If Koroiduadua...

That seems... high? Seems a broken system when an act of striking (headbutt) gets 2wks, but two instances of poor technique in play get 3 (Tate's is probably understandable)

Understood - however, I think it's pretty clear that something offensive was said, given the reaction of Lomani himself, a couple of others on the sideline, and several members of the crowd. Whether it was a racist remark or not, I don't see it being a case of one or two people taking offence to...

You think Lomani being made upset by a comment to the point of having to be held back, which seemingly came from a random person in the crowd, is an inside joke?

The romantic in me would love for Hooper to get his deserved sendoff

So, as suspected, turns out this really isn't much more than a (very potentially self-serving) 'blow it all up' with very limited suggestions for a way forward. Groundhog day. Brilliant...

Mabey officiated a game last week (don’t recall which), as I remember thinking it was a somewhat unfortunate name for a ref.

Heartbreaking reading. His description is consistent with a suspected link between TBIs/CTE and bipolar disorder (or similar presentations, at least). I truly help he’s getting all the support he needs and more.

Glad you and the judiciary are finally in agreeance!

Historic grudges? Have you seen any coverage of rugby, outside of ‘disaster’ pieces, from a newscorp outlet in the last 5 years? I certainly haven’t.

Curious as to whether the mitigating factors come out. No doubt his clean (I think?) record helped, but I do wonder if they were successful in arguing that the outcome wasn't the intent - to me it still looks like there's a chance Lomani was instinctively trying to break what he thought was...

Shot: Chaser:

I’m sure this will be well received

“Yet” being the word you’ve missed. It sounds like the ban (I assume for Lomani at least) could be quite severe, so they’re understandably wanting to complete the process before a final decision is announced.

It is; however, I was thinking about this earlier in the broader context of the over-saturation we now have of streaming services, and think there could be some merit in offering a free (or very, very cheap) service with ads. A huge part of Netflix' original appeal, along with the on-demand...

Potentially some yes, but the engagement and coverage was still pretty high for the most-recent Tokyo games. Most people I knew were watching it in some capacity, and a related story was nearly always headline news over the period. From what I remember, I thought 7 did a reasonable job...

Not only does he have to deal with a racist fluffybunny of a mate, but he's also enduring a long-lost battle with his hairline. Near-perfect 90º is rather impressive.