World Rugby is investigating reports that England’s coaching staff made an illegal approach to match officials at halftime in their loss to Australia.
According to media reports 2 England coaches made the approach as the 2 teams left the field at Twickenham on Saturday, with England trailing 3 / 17. Head coach Stuart Lancaster was not among them however.
“World Rugby is investigating an alleged breach by the England coaching team of the match-day communications protocol between match officials and team members or union officials,” said a World Rugby statement.
“The protocol prohibits certain conduct on match days including coaches approaching match officials during a match or at halftime during a match,” the statement added.
Media reports have suggested that there is CCTV footage from the tunnel where the alleged incident took place.
England, now in crisis after being dumped out of the Rugby World Cup, made no immediate comment.
Australia defence coach Nathan Grey said he had not noticed anything out of the ordinary.
“That’s the 1st I’ve heard on that,” said Grey at the Wallabies press conference when asked about whether he had seen anything or heard mention of it.
Australia coach Michael Cheika received a formal warning from Super Rugby governing body SANZAR earlier this year after he approached referee Jaco Peyper at halftime during his Waratahs’ win over the Blues in Sydney.
SANZAR’s investigation ruled Cheika had a “short and polite exchange” with Peyper seeking clarification over a scrum interpretation, but added there was no evidence the South African referee’s subsequent officiating of the match had been influenced by the discussion.
England, now in crisis after being dumped out of the Rorld Cup, made no immediate comment.
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Talk about hammering a team when they are down, or upside down, as the Logo in the article suggests!!
Talking about scandals, ‘naughty nortie’ strikes again:
“Scandal erupts in the fantasy sports industry after allegations of insider betting
Monday, October 5, 2015 7:02 PM EDT
A major scandal is erupting in the multibillion dollar industry of fantasy sports, the online and unregulated business in which players assemble their fantasy teams with real athletes. On Monday, the two major fantasy companies were forced to release statements defending their businesses’ integrity after what amounted to allegations of insider trading, that employees were placing bets on information not available to the public.
Last week, a DraftKings employee admitted to inadvertently releasing data before the start of the third week of N.F.L. games, a move akin to insider trading in the stock market. The employee – a midlevel content manager — won $350,000 at rival site FanDuel that same week.
The incident has raised questions about who at daily fantasy companies has access to valuable data, how it is protected and whether the industry can — or wants — to police itself… ”
Read more here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html?emc=edit_na_20151005&nlid=53333464&ref=cta&_r=0
I was disappointed in Veldsman when he missed Hoopers shoulder charge. In a big match like this NZ & Aus just get away with this too often. The TMO’s have been so involved with all the matches that this oversight stands out like a sore thumb.
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