French lock cited but hearing listed as three weeks after the Rugby World Cup
French lock Paul Gabrillagues has been cited following Les Bleus' resounding victory over Scotland last night in Nice.
However, his hearing won't take place until three weeks after the Rugby World Cup. Gabrillagues was cited for dangerous play at a ruck - namely a 17th minute clearout on Scotland's John Barclay.
According to a World Rugby statement:
"France’s Paul Gabrillagues has been cited by independent citing commissioner Shaun Gallagher (England) for an alleged act of foul play contrary to Law 9.20 (dangerous play in a ruck or maul) during the 17th minute of the France versus Scotland test match in Nice on Saturday, 17 August."
"The hearing will take place on 20 November in London".
Normal World Rugby protocol would see the citing hearing undertaken on Tuesday or Wednesday following the weekend of the incident. RugbyPass contacted World Rugby to clarify if the date of the hearing is an error and is awaiting a response.
France ran out 32 – 3 victors over Gregor Townsend’s charges in what was a night to forget for the men in dark blue.
A brace of tries for both Alivereti Raka and Maxime Médard and one apiece for Gregory Alldritt and Antoine Dupont and eight points from the boot of Camille Lopez were met by a solitary Adam Hastings penalty.
England Head Coach Eddie Jones said Wales was a brilliant World Cup warm-up after his side lost at the Principality Stadium. England suffered a 21-13 loss to Wales as both teams' prepare for the Rugby World Cup that starts next month in Japan.
Latest Comments
So if this ain’t the best Irish team ever then who exactly is? I don’t remember any other Irish team being this good & winning a series in the Land of the Long White Cloud. Yes I may rip them often for 8 X QF RWC exits & twice not even making it to the QF, but they’re a damn good team who many think can only improve, including me!
Go to commentsNot a squeek out of Leinster for weeks about this match. So quiet. The first team have been quitely building for this encounter under Nienaber’s direction. All fresh, all highly motivated. They are expecting a season’s best performance from Northhampton. They will match that. They will be fresher and apparently they will have 80,000 out of the 83,000 shouting for them. I do expect Northhampton to turn up big time. Not to be missed. On a tangent it is evident how the loss of a few Premiership teams has in some respect helped other Premiership teams and England. More quality over less teams makes the teams better, which has a knock on effect on England. Not the only factor contributing to England’s rise but one of them.
Go to comments