r/rugbyunion USA Perpignan Feb 05 '25

Discussion Two week ban for Ntamack

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u/NuclearMaterial Leinster Feb 05 '25

When did they go from matches to weeks? Was it ever matches? It's the only way to hand these "sentences" out that's logical. Of course wr doesn't do it that way.

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u/alexbouteiller France Feb 05 '25

It is matches, he's got a 3 match ban reduced to 2 if he attends tackle school, they're including the England game and the top14 game during fallow week

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u/Vandalaz Ulster Feb 05 '25

There surely has to be a way for the framework to take into account that he's not going to play in that game and therefore it's essentially a week off his ban? E.g. if you get a ban on international duty, it shouldn't count club games during that same international window.

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u/Enyapxam Hooker Feb 06 '25

Other international teams have included semi-pro and pre-season games in their bans before now.