LONDON - England captain Owen Farrell's involvement in the upcoming World Cup was thrown into fresh doubt Thursday when World Rugby announced it would be appealing against the decision to overturn his
LONDON - England captain Owen Farrell's involvement in the upcoming World Cup was thrown into fresh doubt Thursday when World Rugby announced it would be appealing against the decision to overturn his red card in a warm-up match against Wales.
It ruled Farrell was free to play again immediately -- a decision England's 2003 World Cup-winning coach Clive Woodward said had"made the game a complete and utter laughing stock". But such was the disruption Farrell had suffered, former England captain Borthwick left him out his matchday 23 entirely.
World Rugby, while insisting it"fully supports" an independent disciplinary process, said:"Player welfare is the sport's number one priority, and the Head Contact Process is central to that mission at the elite level of the sport."
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