Romania and Spain have lodged appeals against penalties they received for fielding ineligible players during European qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2019 that effectively ruled them out of the tournament in Japan, World Rugby said Tuesday.An independent investigation on May 15 found that Belgium, Romania and Spain had breached the rules by fielding players who did not meet eligibility criteria.In addition to suspended fines, they were docked competition points for the European tournament, resulting in Russia qualifying ahead of Romania and replacing them in World Cup Pool A.The penalties al…READ FULL ARTICLE
