LeRouxIsPHat wrote:Dave Cahill wrote:It doesn't really matter when the fixtures were announced. Whether its a day, week or year in advance, a club is responsible for ensuring the players they select are eligible for the game they are selected for.
If it were any other club than Saracens they could plead honest mistake and most people would be okay with that. But it's Saracens, they don't get to play that card anymore having been found to be repeatedly deliberately dishonest.
Just to be clear, I think they deserve to be punished but think a fine is appropriate.
I also think that not allowing him to play in the next game would be fair but a points deduction would be too much in these particular circumstances.
Except half their fine is suspended for next season as well so what's the point in it?? Good point rea ban for the next game.
I agree it is a mountain out of a molehill in the sense that he was properly registered albeit a day out.
But, equally, rules are there for a reason.
Not legal to play should mean you don't play and there be consequences for that.
You can't just pick and choose what rules are applied when depending on how many people are disrupted by it.
As a Glasgow fan I've no interest in coming to Dublin just to get hammered so will happily cheer on Leinster against them instead. In saying that the revenue we're losing out on is huge for us (but given I'm still pissed off that we are our own worst enemy and beat ourselves for qualification it serves us right!).
What else will Sarries be found guilty of next?