Twist in fine print of ban could save Wallaroo's RWC

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Ashley Marsters' Rugby World Cup could beryllium implicit aft the Wallaroos beforehand rower copped a three-week ban.

Marsters scored what would beryllium to beryllium the match-winning effort against Scotland successful their 2nd Pool A lucifer of the tournament.

However, soon thereafter, she was sent disconnected for a unsafe tackle.

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After fronting an autarkic judicial committee connected Monday, Marsters was fixed a three-week suspension.

"The subordinate did not judge that she had committed the enactment of foul play oregon that the offence was worthy of a reddish card," the study read.

"Having considered the player's grounds and reviewed the clips, the committee decided to uphold the reddish card.

"The committee applied World Rugby's mandatory minimum mid-range introduction constituent for foul play resulting successful interaction with the head. This resulted successful a starting constituent of a six-week suspension.

"The committee took into information the mitigating factors and decided that the subordinate was entitled to the afloat mitigation disposable (three weeks).

"The committee decided determination were nary aggravating factors and truthful the last authorisation was a three-week suspension."

Marsters could yet instrumentality for the knock-out signifier of the Rugby World Cup, pending an exertion to acquisition training.

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The earliest she could instrumentality is if the Wallaroos marque the semi-finals.

"The subordinate whitethorn use to instrumentality portion successful the Coaching Intervention Programme to substitute the last week of the authorisation for a coaching involution aimed astatine modifying circumstantial techniques and method issues that contributed to the foul play," the study continued.

"The subordinate is truthful suspended for Australia's past Pool A lucifer against Wales connected 22 October, with the remaining weeks to beryllium determined erstwhile it is known if Australia person reached the knockout phase."

Speaking anterior to the decision, Wallaroos adjunct manager Sione Fukofuka said the squad was prepared for the worst-case scenario.

"It's 1 of those things, I deliberation we've been beauteous accordant passim messaging that it's each 32 players progressive successful the preparation," said Fukifuka.

"Whether it was successful campy oregon successful the lead-up to trial matches, we've been trying to rotate players through, springiness them opportunities.

"You've heard america speech astir 'Test Match Tuesday', which is simply a cleanable accidental for some 15s to spell head-to-head and that's wherever we've been capable to play successful a mates of scenarios wherever the reserve hooker goes up to the starting radical and the 3rd hooker comes successful and plays that role.

"We're beauteous comfy that whoever is successful that starting jersey is going to bash that job."

Adiana Talakai, who received a reddish paper successful the lucifer against Scotland, escaped further punishment aft her hearing.

She received her archetypal yellowish paper for collapsing a maul and a 2nd for a unsafe tackle, though it was decided nary further authorisation was necessary.

The Wallaroos volition look Wales successful their all-important last Pool A lucifer connected Saturday astatine 2.15 p.m. (AEDT).

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