Excessive sanctions creating a divide

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2HT8XX6 Madrid, Spain; 27.02.2022.- Frederic Quercy Spanish rugby team, achieved a victory against Romania by 38-21, with which it occupies second place in the European classification and closer to the World Cup. Final score 38-21, with 5 trials for the Spanish team and 3 for the Romanian. Frederic Quercy scored two tries and Marco Pinto, Matthew Foulds and Alvar Gimeno also scored. They were all converted by Manuel Ordas, who also scored a penalty kick. Now Spain adds 25 points to 22 from Romania and is in second place that gives direct access to the World Cup. Photo: Juan Carlos Rojas

So Spain have lost their appeal with World Rugby and their absence from RWC2023 and a £75,000 fine is confirmed, a decision which is ludicrously harsh and threatens to kill the considerable progress in Spanish rugby stone dead.

A number of their current crop of players, many of whom have lost money in representing Spain and annoyed their employers in the case of French-based players, have announced their retirement in disgust while Spain’s main rugby magazine for the last 14 years has closed down.

The WR decision has been roundly condemned by the International Rugby Players Association bu...

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