Weekend on social media
The SA Rugby magazine team rounds up what the rugby community shared on social media this past weekend.
Premiership final date to remain unchanged
Premiership Rugby has reiterated it won’t alter the date of the 2021 final despite it taking place just a week before the British & Irish Lions’ opening game on their tour to South Africa.
Dobson slams Guscott’s subs proposal
Stormers coach John Dobson says Jeremy Guscott’s radical law-change proposal regarding the use of substitutes in rugby is impossible.
Boks to host Scotland in July – report
Scotland will reportedly tour South Africa in July next year for a two-Test series against the world champion Springboks.
Top ref backs Guscott’s proposal
Nigel Owens has come out in support of Jeremy Guscott’s radical law-change proposal to reduce the number of substitutions per game.
De Kock questions Guscott’s comments
Former Springbok scrumhalf Neil de Kock said he was left perplexed by Jeremy Guscott’s comments regarding the use of substitutes after the World Cup final.
SRU accepts penalty for RWC petulance
World Rugby has confirmed that the Scottish Rugby Union will not appeal the sanction handed to it for misconduct during the World Cup.
Krige challenges Guscott’s view
Corne Krige has questioned whether Jeremy Guscott would have called for a law amendment of the use of bench players if England had won the World Cup.
Reports: New proposal for world championship
Reports in the UK suggest Japan and Fiji could join a new world championship including the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship nations.
Scottish Rugby handed severe punishment
The Scottish Rugby Union has been fined £70,000 and ordered to apologise to World Rugby for criticism of a possible cancellation of their World Cup fixture against Japan.
