Today’s rugby information as TV boss leaves channel after ‘inappropriate incidents’ and All Blacks axe misbehaving star

Here are the latest Rugby World Cup headlines on Friday, October 13.

Welsh TV boss reportedly leaves after alleged World Cup behaviour

Welsh broadcaster S4C has reported {that a} senior boss on the channel has left her position whereas working in France protecting the Rugby World Cup. Llinos Griffin-Williams was employed as S4C’s chief content material officer however is known to have left her position over alleged “inappropriate behaviour”, in line with S4C itself.

S4C is reporting that Ms Griffin-Williams was in Nantes for the Wales v Georgia match final Saturday in a working capability. During the journey the information report alleges that she grew to become concerned in “heated exchanges with manufacturing employees in two places in Nantes”, believed to be two bars, with the incidents starting at one bar and persevering with at a second. Ms Griffin-Williams and S4C haven’t but supplied any remark. An investigation into bullying at S4C was introduced in the beginning of May.

All Blacks star axed for breaching workforce protocol

New Zealand have sensationally dropped winger Mark Telea for his or her quarter-final showdown with Ireland after a breach of workforce protocol. Telea has scored three tries in his two appearances at this World Cup and was rested forward of the quarter finals.

However rumours started circling within the southern hemisphere that he was set to be axed and that has now been confirmed by Ian Foster. Naming his matchday 23 with the 26-year-old absent, Foster mentioned: “I still love him”.

Foster declined to enter any extra element in regards to the incident, though Telea is assumed to have missed curfew.

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George North able to make historical past

George North will make historical past on Saturday when he performs in his fourth Rugby World Cup quarter-final, one thing no different Welshman has ever achieved. Still solely 31-years-old, North has amassed 117 caps since his debut 13-years-ago.

“I’ve presumably acquired a barely higher haircut than I did again in 2011,” he mentioned. “I used to be very young again then, 18 years old, only a follower having fun with each second enjoying and every thing that got here with it. Now I perceive the sport far more and my position inside it. I’m extra of a frontrunner now.

“A number of moons have handed since then, however I’m nonetheless loving being right here, nonetheless within the combat after profitable 4 from 4 and excited to see how far we will go.

“Does it get simpler coping with the strain? Well you simply get on with it. I’m lucky that I’ve been concerned in some huge video games prior to now with Wales. It’s about having that skill to focus and perceive your position and perceive that you have to ship.

“We’ve been right here earlier than so I do not assume we alter something. Do your job, do what you do properly and convey it to the sport. To go from 4 from 4 and be the place we’re is precisely what we hoped.”

South Africa coaching with crowd noises blasting

Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi has revealed that his teammates have been coaching within the midst of deafening background noise, so they’re used to the passionate cries of the French home crowd this weekend.

The overwhelming majority of the 80,000 inside Paris’ Stade de France will probably be sporting blue, pink and white on Sunday night. But the South Africans are adamant they will not be phased.

“The environment goes to be large,” mentioned the 32-year-old. We know they’re going to be singing and every thing like that however we have simply acquired to embrace it and attempt to concentrate on our recreation plan.

“We will simply take the environment as it’s. We performed them in Marseille final November, which was a really hostile environment, so we’ve got expertise of that.

“It will probably be hostile however for us as a workforce we’ve got to concentrate on executing our plan. It is essential to close out the noise.

“We have tried to simulate the noise in coaching in order that in relation to the match, it is not the primary time we’ve got skilled it and it does not come as a shock to us.”