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Subject: Re: Aberavon Court Case

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Dave Parfitt

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Date Posted: 06:12:22 05/12/02 Sun
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In reply to: Gareth 's message, "Aberavon Court Case" on 06:08:21 05/12/02 Sun

>Does anyone know the situation regarding Aberavon's
>open court case against the WRU ?
>
>Although they are now champions and could win the play
>off to get promoted, I can't really see them dropping
>the case because one of the biggest factors of their
>case was the lost revenue this year caused by
>non-premiership rugby and no Europeon Shield place.
>
>I would have thought that this needed to be resolved
>prior to the play off with Caerphilly, because as Bob
>Jude reported, if they on the case they would in
>effect have all their Division 1 points for this
>season deducted and therefore Pooler would replace
>them as Division 1 Champions and therefore should have
>the play off spot, which would make the Aberavon v
>Caerphilly play off null and void !
>
>All very legal and confusing I know, but can anyone
>shed any light ??

I have no idea what is happening. The WRU have made a right mess of things over this issue. Perhaps the Aberavon officials can shed some light on this for us?

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[> [> Subject: The case is due to be heard on July 25th. It should have been done and dusted months ago, but the WRU requested and were granted time to prepare their defence (like the writ took them by surprise or something!).

Author:
PaulW
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Date Posted: 00:36:11 05/13/02 Mon
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>>Does anyone know the situation regarding Aberavon's
>>open court case against the WRU ?
>>
>>Although they are now champions and could win the play
>>off to get promoted, I can't really see them dropping
>>the case because one of the biggest factors of their
>>case was the lost revenue this year caused by
>>non-premiership rugby and no Europeon Shield place.
>>
>>I would have thought that this needed to be resolved
>>prior to the play off with Caerphilly, because as Bob
>>Jude reported, if they on the case they would in
>>effect have all their Division 1 points for this
>>season deducted and therefore Pooler would replace
>>them as Division 1 Champions and therefore should have
>>the play off spot, which would make the Aberavon v
>>Caerphilly play off null and void !
>>
>>All very legal and confusing I know, but can anyone
>>shed any light ??
>
>I have no idea what is happening. The WRU have made a
>right mess of things over this issue. Perhaps the
>Aberavon officials can shed some light on this for us?