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Herbert Moran (7)
Those from the affluent Eastern SuburbsWho are the others you're referring too?
Those from the affluent Eastern SuburbsWho are the others you're referring too?
'Caught with their pants down': Shute Shield under fire for letting ladder-leading Easts off hook for points rort
Will be interesting as to what comes from the Crisis meeting held by the 11 other clubs with SRU. You’d hate to be those board members today, they’ll unfortunately have to fall on their own sword of incompetence.
They would have known the potential for this to blow up in their face. Why didn't they just dock them the 4 points - the same 6 teams will play finals . move on.
Or did they know the potential for other transgressions to surface? and didn't want to make a precedent
The article says the coach regraded some of them because he believed they were wrongI think they’ve set an extremely discouraging precedent that blatant violations of the points cap will go unpunished. What’s to stop the 11 other clubs calling in former International players and playing over the cap, I mean if Easts are able to do it why shouldn’t Hunter or the TwoBlues. Not to mention the domino effect it has for players in the lower grades who are playing blokes who have been dropped from 1st grade to make way for a Super Rugby/International player.
The issue is we’ve seen SRU handing down punishments for it before, Sydney Uni colts docked points for playing over the cap last year. Gordon docked points and fined for receiving 1 level of clearance rather than 2 (which happened to come in a day or 2 after he played). Why are East’s so special. Surely someone knew that the player in question was listed as 13 points 2 years ago and 12 points last year but then listed as 1 point this year (until recently being changed to 11).
Common sense says to just ask the player how many international games he played?The article says the coach regraded some of them because he believed they were wrong
I would agree - and if there were other breaches ? Still waiting for someone to tell me what junior club Harris played forThe SRU has painted themselves into a corner with no way out. Their own system updated by previous Easts management had the player at the correct points recognising his test caps. New management comes in and decides that is not correct and wants to change the points to fit his agenda. Whatever 'credible' sources were used the points cap has been broken. A breach must incur a penalty and with the precedent of the Gordon breach, competition points must now be deducted from Easts.
I would agree - and if there were other breaches ? Still waiting for someone to tell me what junior club Harris played for
Hunters Hill ,he was a norths junior ,Amotosero a randwick juniorI would agree - and if there were other breaches ? Still waiting for someone to tell me what junior club Harris played for
so there should be no discount applied?? was there a discount?Hunters Hill ,he was a norths junior ,Amotosero a randwick junior
Other clubs have been punished for similar haven't they?Who are the others you're referring too?