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The Premiership have finalised draconian list of punishments for Covid protocol breaches - reports

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Gallagher Premiership clubs are reportedly facing points deductions, fines or player bans for any proven breaches of the Covid social bubble that will surround teams when the English top-flight gets back underway next month. 

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The suspended 2019/20 league season is due to resume with Harlequins hosting Sale on August 14, the opening match in a run of nine rounds of fixtures leading up to semi-finals and an October 24 final.

England cricketer Jofra Archer was recently axed from his country’s squad to take on the West Indies in the second match of their ongoing Test series, the player falling foul of administrators after he breached bio-security rules with a trip to Hove that resulted in him having to go into isolation.   

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Now Premiership Rugby authorities have outlined plans to come down heavily on any similar behaviour that could hinder the restart of a rugby tournament that hasn’t staged a match since Bristol’s March 8 win over Harlequins at Ashton Gate. 

According to a report in The Telegraph, alleged breaches will be investigated by RFU head of discipline David Barnes with incidents set to fall into three categories – intentional, reckless or careless. The emphasis will especially be on away teams maintaining strict social bubbles to ensure fixtures can go ahead without an 11th-hour threat. 

Measures that will be implemented to ensure players stay safe include teams travelling to matches on two buses for each game while players must stay in single rooms if an overnight stay is involved rather than room share.  

Premiership Rugby’s latest round of coronavirus test results for players and non-playing staff this week revealed that two players had contracted the virus. That brought the number of people who have tested positive for the virus in the three weeks of testing to 21 – 15 players and six non-playing members of staff.

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TJ Perenara clarifies reference to the Treaty in All Blacks' Haka

Nope you're both wrong. Absolutely 100% wrong. You two obviously know nothing about NZ history, or the Treaty which already gives non-Māori "equal" rights. You are ignorant to what the Crown have already done to Māori. I've read it multiple times, attended the magnificent hikoi and witnessed a beautiful moment of Māori and non-Māori coming together in a show of unity against xenophobia and a tiny minority party trying to change a constitutional binding agreement between the Crown and Māori. The Crown have hundreds of years of experience of whitewashing our culture, trying to remove the language and and take away land and water rights that were ours but got stolen from. Māori already do not have equal rights in all of the stats - health, education, crime, etc. The Treaty is a binding constitutional document that upholds Māori rights and little Seymour doesn't like that. Apparently he's not even a Māori anyway as his tribes can't find his family tree connection LOL!!!


Seymour thinks he can change it because he's a tiny little worm with small man syndrome who represents the ugly side of NZ. The ugly side that wants all Māori to behave, don't be "radical" or "woke", and just put on a little dance for a show. But oh no they can't stand up for themselves against oppression with a bill that is a waste of time and money that wants to cause further division in their own indigenous country.


Wake up to yourselves. You can't pick and choose what parts of Māori culture you want and don't want when it suits you. If sport and politics don't mix then why did John Key do the 3 way handshake at the RWC 2011 final ceremony? Why is baldhead Luxon at ABs games promoting himself? The 1980s apartheid tour was a key example of sports and politics mixing together. This is the same kaupapa. You two sound like you support apartheid.

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