Maidstone Rugby Club and it's players got off pretty lightly as far as I am concerned.
Eye gouging is something that every rugby person should be anxious to get out of the game. The players and Club appeared to close rank to protect the guilty player. If Jeff Blackett had been stronger and banned all the players, who basically withheld information, for a season then it might have been better, and would have made the point to all players/clubs that protecting a "mate" because he is a thug will not be tolerated.
However I wonder what would have happened if it had been a higher profile Nat Div1 or Premiership club involved?
Eye gouging is something that every rugby person should be anxious to get out of the game. The players and Club appeared to close rank to protect the guilty player. If Jeff Blackett had been stronger and banned all the players, who basically withheld information, for a season then it might have been better, and would have made the point to all players/clubs that protecting a "mate" because he is a thug will not be tolerated.
However I wonder what would have happened if it had been a higher profile Nat Div1 or Premiership club involved?





It's a pity Mr Gatland didn't start his vow of silence a few days earlier.
