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Premiership introducing fines for virus protocol breaches from this weekend
By PA
Fines of £100 are being introduced for any breaches of coronavirus protocols by players, coaches or members of staff involved in the Gallagher Premiership.
From this weekend’s round of fixtures, the education first approach used until now will be supplemented by financial penalties for any person who overtly or repeatedly ignores the rules, either on matchday or outside.
The change has been approved by the professional game board, which comprises of Premiership Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Players’ Association.
“This measure has been introduced to reduce the risks of possible Covid transmission,” PGB chair Chris Booy said.
“While the overall levels of compliance with the minimum operating standard protocols to date have been high, there have been examples where individuals have not adhered to the revised COVID protocols introduced this season.”
All money raised from the fines will be donated to Restart Rugby, the RPA’s official charity, and can only be issued by the RFU’s head of discipline. Individuals will remain anonymous unless they accumulate three COVID fines, in which case they will face a disciplinary hearing.
Among the behaviours subject to a penalty will be try celebrations, although only when a player is clearly at fault will a sanction be issued. As regards the latest round of virus testing, 984 players and management from the twelve clubs were tested on Monday and no-one tested positive for the second successive round of PCR testing.
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The difference between Fassi and Le Roux?
Almost 100 tests. Fassi is growing from test to test and is already world class. It’s going to be difficult for Damian Willemse to usurp Fassi at 15 and may find himself destined as the utility back on the bomb squad.
South Africans love hating on their fullback. A proud tradition since Percy Montgomery (before he won us a World Cup). So I don’t pay much mind to the noise that follows anyone who puts on the 15 jersey for SA.
15 is a high risk, low reward position. You don’t dare drop a high ball, certainly don’t shank a kick into the stands. In fact if you’re not kicking 60m torpedoes into the opposition corners - stay at home.
And miss tackles? After everyone else on the team has let a break through - best you not miss!
Only Andre Joubert strikes me as a fullback that has been better than Willie. Yet Willie has been widely panned on a regular basis. Irritating.
Fassi is great. And I’m sure he’s learning a lot from Willie.
Go to commentsNo, Penney's win rate as a Super Rugby coach BEFORE he was given a 2 year contract here, was 23%. He came in with a very poor success rate at SR level.
This loser vibe was borne out over the SR season where we won only 4 games while losing 10. Finishing 9th in a 12 team competition & missing a QF spot was next level DOWN.
There's zero evidence that suggests we will win 10 games (70%) as you predict. I understand there may be new assistant coaches coming on board. At this stage, we can only hope for the best.
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