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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/29701910
Cornish Pirates are to seek legal advice after being docked the seven points from their first British & Irish Cup match with Bedford for breaching rules on replacing injured forwards.
Pirates won the game 35-34 after fly-half Bertie Hopkin scored a late try.
But Hopkin came on to replace injured prop Tyler Gendell, having already replaced two others in the front row.
The game went to uncontested scrums but Hopkin stayed on, when rules state Pirates should have played with 14 men.
A RFU disciplinary panel found that Pirates had broken the rules and docked them all the points they won from the match.
How do they expect us to get it right when it can't be got right at an "international" level :shrug: and I'm guessing there was a team of 4?
Cornish Pirates are to seek legal advice after being docked the seven points from their first British & Irish Cup match with Bedford for breaching rules on replacing injured forwards.
Pirates won the game 35-34 after fly-half Bertie Hopkin scored a late try.
But Hopkin came on to replace injured prop Tyler Gendell, having already replaced two others in the front row.
The game went to uncontested scrums but Hopkin stayed on, when rules state Pirates should have played with 14 men.
A RFU disciplinary panel found that Pirates had broken the rules and docked them all the points they won from the match.
How do they expect us to get it right when it can't be got right at an "international" level :shrug: and I'm guessing there was a team of 4?