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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1101208" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/16/anger-as-marcus-smith-is-forced-to-miss-harlequins-match-against-saracens?CMP=share_btn_tw&fbclid=IwAR316Qpe1V8aNlGsTIc_D6gUjuQLACjLYhfldyJKyi5PGhhFOjLIYmvCeH8[/URL]</p><p></p><p>So it appears Quins request to play Smith has been rejected due to the England rest period but Sarries are ok to play Farrell, Vunipola x2, George and Itoje...? Am I missing something here? Surely the laws should have clear cutoffs but it seems there is a massive inconsistency in how they are applied. Teams need predictability and if one team basically starts all their England internationals whilst another isn't allowed to under identical circumstances then something is very wrong and those making the decisions need to be called into question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1101208, member: 56232"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/16/anger-as-marcus-smith-is-forced-to-miss-harlequins-match-against-saracens?CMP=share_btn_tw&fbclid=IwAR316Qpe1V8aNlGsTIc_D6gUjuQLACjLYhfldyJKyi5PGhhFOjLIYmvCeH8[/URL] So it appears Quins request to play Smith has been rejected due to the England rest period but Sarries are ok to play Farrell, Vunipola x2, George and Itoje...? Am I missing something here? Surely the laws should have clear cutoffs but it seems there is a massive inconsistency in how they are applied. Teams need predictability and if one team basically starts all their England internationals whilst another isn't allowed to under identical circumstances then something is very wrong and those making the decisions need to be called into question. [/QUOTE]
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