French courts could expose IRB disciplinary system to ridicule
January 15th, 2010
The panel said that Blackett, who had set Dupuy’s ban at 40 weeks only to take 16 off for mitigating factors, had taken into account the need for deterrence when determining that Dupuy’s offence merited top-level entry in terms of seriousness rather than as an aggravating factor.
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