Scottish Rugby fined £70,000 over Mark Dodson’s World Cup comments
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• SRU ordered to apologise for criticism over threat to Japan game• Scottish Rugby to ‘reflect on outcome and consider our options’The Scottish Rugby Union has been reprimanded and fined £70,000 for comments made by the chief executive, Mark Dodson, during the World Cup.Tensions rose during the tournament in Japan when Scotland’s pivotal group game with the hosts was put under threat by Typhoon Hagibis. With Scotland needing to win to have a chance of progression, Dodson said he did not want his side to be “collateral damage” of the fallout of the typhoon. Related: Dylan Hartley, former Englan…





