Aye, had this conversation already with another party who advised that the rule wasn't in place for the play offs. Mea culpa. Re Connell, Ian Murray confirmed in the post match interview posted on usual social media that it had been concussion. I understand medical advice in such circumstances to be no playing for 7 to 10 days, which would rule him out, but don't know if there is a specific law of the game so it may come down to medical opinion.