Just a brief note to say thanks very much to Professor Lorne Crerar and Rod McKenzie, both of Harper Macleod who, together with Bill Dunlop (another Scot) formed the independent ERC appeal committee which downgraded Lee Byrne’s two match ban to a 5,000 Euro fine – leaving him free to face England on Saturday.

If I’d known Lee Byrne was in Glasgow today, I’d have offered my services to assist. I don’t known anything about sports law, but I do make a nice cup of tea, and Lee used to play his rugby in Bridgend, same as cousin Gareth – so we’d have had stuff to talk about too!

Bring it on!