JEFF PROBYN

Tomfoolery: Joe Marler’s international career may be at an end following his 10-week ban

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME
Tt’s hard to believe that the interpretation of laws in rugby have become so fixed that it seems more acceptable to potentially end a player’s career than have (although inappropriate) juvenile behavior between opponents.
The relative length of the bans for Joe Marler and Manu Tuilagi, and the dismissal of the case against Courtney Lawes seem somewhat unrelated to the seriousness of the consequences of the acts themselves.
A ten-week ban fo...