NEALE HARVEY
PLYMOUTH Albion owner Dave Venables has accused the RFU of displaying “Dickensian authoritarian arrogance” after seeing his club docked 20 points and effectively fined £20,000 for a minor clerical error relating to payments to players.
Albion will start the National One campaign on minus-five points, with a further 15 points suspended, after being found guilty of ticking the wrong ‘Yes-No’ box in relation to ‘material benefits’ being paid to players during the truncated 2019/20 campaign.
Despite Albion managing director Max Venables, ...