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Sale swallow bitter pill
17:45, Dec 10 2009
Sale Sharks have decided to take no action after Wasps escaped punishment following a controversial postponement of last month's Guinness Premiership clash between the clubs.
A Premier Rugby panel dismissed any alleged breaches by Wasps earlier this week.
The match was postponed 10 minutes before kick-off at Edgeley Park after Wasps' coaches expressed safety concerns about conditions in one part of the pitch.
The panel said its principal reasons were Wasps did not actually refuse to play, and that match referee David Rose did not state he was the only person entitled to decide whether the Edgeley Park pitch was fit to play.
They also concluded Rose did not state sufficiently clearly to Wasps his decision the fixture should be played, given that in his view the pitch was fit for play. But while Sale claim the panel's decision was "wholly unfair," they will not pursue it.
In a statement, Sale said: "While we understand the panel may have been of the view that it could come to no other decision based on its interpretation of the evidence, the position remains that Sale Sharks were unable to play a home game that should have taken place, and that nearly 8,000 Sale Sharks fans endured a huge disappointment, wasted time and effort in travelling to Edgeley Park and incurred unnecessary expenses.
"The same is true for those fans of Wasps who also travelled to the game.
"As a club, we are bitterly disappointed with this decision, and cannot help but feel that this decision is wholly unfair and that majority of independent rugby fans and commentators will identify with our sense of injustice.
"We have studied the decision in detail and have reflected on the reasons for the decision by the panel. We have concluded that taking any action in relation to this decision will not necessarily be in the best interest of our fans, the club or the Guinness Premiership.
"Accordingly, we will now concentrate on making arrangements to rearrange the fixture, dealing with the numerous complaints we have received from unhappy fans and attempting to rebuild faith in the game by concentrating on the rugby rather than a legal process."
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