{"id":24886,"date":"2023-08-23T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/?p=24886"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:29:35","slug":"farrell-red-card-england-captains-ban-reinstated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/news\/farrell-red-card-england-captains-ban-reinstated","title":{"rendered":"Farrell red card: England captain\u2019s ban reinstated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Farrell gets four-game ban after successful appeal by World Rugby&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Player welfare remains a top priority<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vunipola also undergoing disciplinary proceedings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>England captain Owen Farrell is set to miss the first two Rugby World Cup pool games following a successful appeal by World Rugby against the decision to overturn his red card. The ban stems from a high tackle he made during a match against Wales on August 12th, which initially resulted in a red card. This decision was later overturned by an independent judicial committee, but the appeal committee upheld World Rugby&#8217;s appeal, reinstating a four-game ban for Farrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Farrell to miss Argentina and Japan matches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Farrell will be absent from England&#8217;s initial World Cup encounters against Argentina and Japan, as well as two warm-up matches. The appeal committee emphasized that the tackle was &#8220;always illegal&#8221; and faulted the initial disciplinary committee for not fully considering Farrell&#8217;s attempt to wrap his opponent during the tackle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vunipola also faces ban<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The appeal committee&#8217;s decision aligns with their priority of player welfare. This incident highlights ongoing efforts within rugby to enhance safety, particularly in relation to high tackles and head contact. In parallel, England&#8217;s number eight, Billy Vunipola, is also undergoing disciplinary proceedings for a red card received due to a high tackle in a match against Ireland. A ban exceeding one game for Vunipola would further challenge England, leaving them without their sole specialist number eight at the start of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punters looking to back England at the tournament need to monitor how a disrupted build up and the absence of key players in the early pool games will affect the team in the matches concerned and in the tournament as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Owen Farrell is set to miss the first two Rugby World Cup pool games following a successful appeal by World Rugby against the decision to overturn his red card. The ban stems from a high tackle he made during a match against Wales on August 12th, which initially resulted in a red card&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":27055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[645],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24888,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions\/24888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}