Here are the latest rugby headlines on Thursday, November 16.
England star banned
England winger Jonny May has been banned for 3 video games for harmful play in Gloucester’s Gallagher Premiership defeat by Bath on Friday evening.
May made head-on-head contact with World Cup team-mate Ollie Lawrence round a ruck early within the 45-27 loss at Kingsholm, breaking his nostril and triggering a disciplinary listening to that was held on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old admitted the offence and was suspended for 3 video games, lowered to 2 if he completes World Rugby’s teaching intervention programme, in any other case generally known as ‘sort out faculty’.
May, an ever-present throughout England’s recent World Cup marketing campaign, will miss Gloucester’s league matches in opposition to Exeter and Leicester provided that he does the course.
England wonderkid may swap to NRL
Henry Arundell is reportedly contemplating a shock to rugby league with a number of NRL golf equipment in Australia and New Zealand monitoring the scenario.
The young star scored a hat-trick on his debut for Racing 92 however is just on the membership on a brief time period contract. It is known the wonderkid may transfer codes as early as subsequent season, in response to studies down beneath.
It is believed a number of southern hemisphere NRL golf equipment have reached out to the 21-year-old who additionally scored a ha trick on his Rugby World Cup debut in opposition to Chile this Autumn.
Rugby nice open to teaching Wallabies
Australian rugby league legend Stephen Larkham has thrown his hat within the ring for the Wallabies high job. Though no discussions have taken place with Rugby Australia about changing Eddie Jones, the 1999 World Cup winner has made himself available.
The ACT Brumbies coach mentioned: “I’m definitely interested by attempting to assist rugby in Australia.
“We’ve got a real philosophy here to make sure we are growing the game as an organisation. So however I can help in terms of improving our results and improving our growth within the sporting arena, I’d love to be involved.”
World star quits 15s for Olympics
Axed Australia captain Michael Hooper has left the 15-a-side sport to play sevens rugby in a bid to make the Olympics.
Hooper is the latest world star to sign his intention to be a part of the best sporting present on earth in Paris subsequent yr. He follows Antoine Dupont, who is ready to overlook the 2024 Six Nations, to arrange for the Olympics. Other French stars, together with Damien Penaud are additionally anticipated to play.
It has sparked ideas extra of the world’s greatest 15-aside gamers may observe swimsuit within the coming weeks and months. Hopper will play for Australia from early subsequent yr on the World Sevens collection, the place he’s more likely to go up in opposition to Dupont.
The 32-year-old was a shock omission from the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup squad after being unceremoniously ditched by Eddie Jones.
He mentioned: “It’s a brand new problem. I’ve completed 15s for thus lengthy and performed within the Wallaby jersey so lengthy, however to play in a sevens event and potential to the go to the Olympics, it’s thrilling stuff.
“It can be an incredible expertise. There is a lot water beneath the bridge to get into that setting. I’ve educated with these guys. They are hungry and may run ceaselessly.
“I’m one of many larger guys within the crew which could be very uncommon. It ought to be nice.”
WRU report ‘have to be watershed second’
A Welsh Government deputy minister says an unbiased report into behaviours and tradition on the Welsh Rugby Union ought to “function a watershed second that brings change for the entire of Welsh rugby”.
Witnesses interviewed as a part of Dame Anne Rafferty’s assessment of the union reported emotions of powerlessness and worry, with the WRU described within the assessment’s 134-page report as an organisation which was “not sure on its toes”.
The assessment was launched in February following a BBC programme that reported allegations of racism, sexism, misogyny and homophobia linked to the WRU.
The assessment makes 36 suggestions in all, overlaying governance, complaints dealing with, the union’s method to inclusion and variety and funding within the girls’s sport.
Examples of discrimination reported included the sharing of gossip {that a} feminine workers member had “slept her approach” into her job, use of the phrase “hiya sugar t***” and using slurs about girls in same-sex relationships.
In a written assertion, Dawn Bowden MS, deputy minister for arts, sport and tourism, mentioned: “The Welsh Government welcomes the publication of this report and the work of all those that contributed to the findings and proposals.
“The report ought to function a watershed second that brings change for the entire of Welsh rugby.
“We will now take into account the report in full and meet with the WRU to debate the suggestions and its wider plans.
“It is reassuring that the WRU has accepted, with out exception, all the suggestions of the assessment panel, with important progress already made in some areas.
“The WRU should now concentrate on the duty of restoring belief with all these within the sport, together with victims of unacceptable behaviour who’ve bravely spoken out.
“Like all sporting our bodies in Wales, we count on the WRU to offer secure environments for employees, gamers and youngsters and young individuals who take part within the sport in any respect ranges.
“Our ambition for the WRU is for this work to behave as a catalyst that sees the organisation change into a frontrunner and exemplar for truthful remedy throughout all nations and all sport.”
