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#1 The Earl of Chesterfield

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Posted 15 April 2019 - 08:35 PM

..if you see what I mean.

https://www.bbc.co.u...-union/47932231

https://uk.reuters.c...a-idUKKCN1RR02E

Seriously though, Aussie rugby adopt a brave and principled stance by axing their best player months before a world cup whilst Aussie cricket, errr, don't.

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#2 Halcyon

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Posted 16 April 2019 - 10:00 AM

Brave and principled, maybe. But is it proportionate?

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#3 JonB

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Posted 16 April 2019 - 10:35 AM

I suppose they would argue the difference is that Smith and Warner were punished and have served their bans out so are free for selection. Its probably no coincidence that the ban runs out just before the World Cup, seem to remember when they punished Warner for lamping Joe Root in a Birmingham bar the number of games he was banned finished just before an Ashes or World Cup started!