Connect with us

Rugby World Cup

World Rugby appeal hearing on Tuesday

Owen Farrell

An appeal against the decision to overturn the red card given to England captain Owen Farrell against Wales will be heard this week.

Farrell’s yellow card was upgraded to red by the new ‘bunker’ review system after a high tackle on Taine Basham.
A disciplinary panel reviewing the incident last Tuesday found mitigating factors and overturned the dismissal. World Rugby has appealed against the decision, saying “player welfare is the number one priority”.
The new hearing in front of a three-person independent judicial committee will take place on Tuesday, August 22. Farrell is set to attend vi...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in Rugby World Cup