this Sucks and its getting beyond a joke.
Must be very tempting to say ' Sorry , cant get a team together' and bye the match as GH is saying it will cost as much to send a team as we will get gate money. Its a nailed on loss anyway with a weakened team and the Heads we win Tails you loose cause we are in France Refereeing, a blind eye turned to cheap shots and sloppy play the balls....Bet the other teams are 'Thrilled' at the likely prospect of 3 Dozen Catalan fans instead of 3000 rhinos through their turnstiles...

Dudson will serve a game in the preseason friendlies. Though maybe we could lodge a frivolous appeal on his behalf..

We are the experts.

wonder how many other teams have had an extra game imposed after appealing?

I cannot remember who but I seem to recall one player from another club getting a ‘frivolous extension’ but think all other appeals have either ended with the original ban standing or getting a lesser grading and ban being reduced…which in my view is how it should be….you either win or lose the appeal, this frivolous argument is BS

Quite agree, certainly the use of the word frivolous is banal in the extreme. More like failed appeal would be more appropriate.