Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
The following appears in the SMH today:
Fuimaono-Sapolu arrived for the hearing on the 38th floor of Auckland's Vero building with his mother, father, sister and toddler nephew in tow.
He was dressed in traditional Samoan dress and walked into the hearing room holding his nephew.
He is currently suspended from playing all rugby.
He said he did not know how he could respond to the IRB's submissions when it arrived in the form of 600 pages just two hours before the hearing.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/r...olute-liars-20111005-1l85x.html#ixzz1Zser0mwb
Before I launch into the IRB I have to acknowledge that F-S is quoted elsewhere as saying that he did not receive notice of the hearing so there may be a factual dispute here.
The fact that the IRB is able to generate 600 pages about this issue is a farce.
If they truly think that the charge warrants 600 pages of "submissions" - not evidence but arguments as to the consequences of the evidence - then they have to provide more than 2 hours notice in order to give the bloke procedural fairness.
I know from personal experience how one eyed and biased judiciaries tend to be - but usually they know enough of the laws of natural justice to avoid elementary mistakes like not providing the accused with sufficient time to prepare his response to the submissions let alone to call evidence in response.
Then we have this ridiculous sideshow concerning advertising on mouthguards....what about brand mit de drei stripes...the swoosh... kooga...under armour...canterbury: do they pay licensing fees? if so to whom? do they, for instance, pay a licensing fee to Samao in respect of eaxh player who wears their boots? Personally, I doubt it. My bet is that the IRB cops a backhander from each of those major companies.
My recollection is that Beale wears a moutguard in the colours of the aboriginal flag: that presumably infringes the sponsorship rights since no one, whoever might be fingered for the funds, has paid to permit him to wear that mouthguard.
Its no wonder the the NZRU has said they may not play in 2015.
...and then the IRB CEO comes out and says the historically best team in the world for 75% of the time between 1987 and 2011 (and about 100% of the time prior to that) is not essential to the RWC. He's either a fool or he was appointed on the basis that he reflected the arrogance of his employer.
Lets call the IRBs bluff!
Fuimaono-Sapolu arrived for the hearing on the 38th floor of Auckland's Vero building with his mother, father, sister and toddler nephew in tow.
He was dressed in traditional Samoan dress and walked into the hearing room holding his nephew.
He is currently suspended from playing all rugby.
He said he did not know how he could respond to the IRB's submissions when it arrived in the form of 600 pages just two hours before the hearing.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/r...olute-liars-20111005-1l85x.html#ixzz1Zser0mwb
Before I launch into the IRB I have to acknowledge that F-S is quoted elsewhere as saying that he did not receive notice of the hearing so there may be a factual dispute here.
The fact that the IRB is able to generate 600 pages about this issue is a farce.
If they truly think that the charge warrants 600 pages of "submissions" - not evidence but arguments as to the consequences of the evidence - then they have to provide more than 2 hours notice in order to give the bloke procedural fairness.
I know from personal experience how one eyed and biased judiciaries tend to be - but usually they know enough of the laws of natural justice to avoid elementary mistakes like not providing the accused with sufficient time to prepare his response to the submissions let alone to call evidence in response.
Then we have this ridiculous sideshow concerning advertising on mouthguards....what about brand mit de drei stripes...the swoosh... kooga...under armour...canterbury: do they pay licensing fees? if so to whom? do they, for instance, pay a licensing fee to Samao in respect of eaxh player who wears their boots? Personally, I doubt it. My bet is that the IRB cops a backhander from each of those major companies.
My recollection is that Beale wears a moutguard in the colours of the aboriginal flag: that presumably infringes the sponsorship rights since no one, whoever might be fingered for the funds, has paid to permit him to wear that mouthguard.
Its no wonder the the NZRU has said they may not play in 2015.
...and then the IRB CEO comes out and says the historically best team in the world for 75% of the time between 1987 and 2011 (and about 100% of the time prior to that) is not essential to the RWC. He's either a fool or he was appointed on the basis that he reflected the arrogance of his employer.
Lets call the IRBs bluff!
