England assistant coaches Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree have been found guilty of making an illegal approach to match officials during halftime of the hosts’ 33-13 defeat to Australia, Rugby World Cup organisers announced on Friday.
As a result, the duo will “have restricted access to the England changing room and tunnel for England’s final Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool A match against Uruguay”.
They will be able to resume full coaching duties on Sunday, however, the day after England’s interest in the World Cup ends.
Both Farrell and Rowntree – whose positions along with that of head coach Stuart Lancaster are under review after the first round exit – admitted they had breached protocol at the hearing on Friday.
Robert Walker
Roar Rookie
I agree with all these comments, the English coaches went with super safe and boring, and got what they deserved...
JimmyB
Guest
Really, about what?
Jibba Jabba
Roar Guru
Yeah but would hurt in Oz cos they use those electronic thingies...
Jibba Jabba
Roar Guru
'They did something wrong and the sanction is '.......' sfa...) makes the whole system and process a joke jimmyee....
Jibba Jabba
Roar Guru
But he is right.... jimmy
Jibba Jabba
Roar Guru
So you are intimating the Ref committed a breach of protocol and implying he approached chieka when in fact chieka approached the ref....
PeterK
Roar Guru
what did NZ do and what was the punishment?
Jerry
Guest
Er....I don't give a toss either way. I'm pointing out that Peter isn't really on the safest of footing as far as the moral high ground is concerned.
Bakkies
Guest
You wouldn't of thought that Danny Care was at the RWC. One of England's most threatening scrum halfs and he has had sweet fa game time. Especially odd considering that military medium Wigglesworth is in ahead of him. That smacks of A Farrell's influence more than anything. In fact Joe Simpson should be in the squad ahead of Wigglesworth. It's a damning indictment that he hasn't had much of a shot at Test Rugby. Alex Goode another Sarries boy is only there due to England refusing to select Abendanon and Felon Armitage. There are far better number 8s in England than 37 year old pie eating Nick Easter. I would of looked at Dave Ewers or even Thomas Waldrom before going back to yesterday's man.
Bakkies
Guest
What punishment other than a fine did Cheika get for smashing the Canberra Stadium coaching box door? It was also pretty obvious who was responsible for the damage to the Lansdowne Rd dressing room.
Bakkies
Guest
Peter umm NZ
Bakkies
Guest
Coaches shouldn't be allowed to speak to referees on match days. Especially in a modern era where match fixing has affected other sports and Rugby is a game where the referee's decisions are heavily scrutinised. There's too much influencing the referee and it's bad enough that captains are telling referees to go to the TMO and look at certain things that is impacting on their team. Fine querying a decision but telling the referee what to look for and to go to the TMO is taking it too far.
wardad
Guest
Maybe the judiciary had turned Cheika prior to this and hes now a supergrass eh ?
JimmyB
Guest
Righteo.
IronAwe
Guest
Unfortunately Jimmy, you're the one coming across as hysterical here.
IronAwe
Guest
If he is asked to give evidence, he is asked to give evidence. He should have just told them to get lost when they approached him should he?
Groucho Jones
Roar Rookie
Suck it up, Tarquin.
Groucho Jones
Roar Rookie
I did think grass! JimmyB, that's amazing. Are you Derren Brown?
JimmyB
Guest
How do you get to that conclusion? You're quite hysterical man. They did something wrong and they've been sanctioned, what more is there to add. You act like they've committed some heinous crime, when clearly they haven't.
atlas
Guest
Meanwhile, not exactly the match of the weekend, teams named for England v Uruguay. Last 2015 RWC match for the team, but expect a few of them still playing for the 2019 event Will there be singing, one last lap in the chariot? England: Alex Goode, Anthony Watson, Henry Slade, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford, Danny Care, Mako Vunipola, Tom Youngs, Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, Geoff Parling, James Haskell, Chris Robshaw (capt), Nick Easter. Replacements: Jamie George, Joe Marler, David Wilson, George Kruis, Tom Wood, Richard Wigglesworth, Jonathan Joseph, Mike Brown. Uruguay: Gaston Mieres, Santiago Gibernau, Joaquin Prada, Andres Vilaseca, Rodrigo Silva,, Felipe Berchesi, Agustin Ormaechea, Mateo Sanguinetti, Carlos Arboleya, Mario Sagario, Santiago Vilaseca (capt), Jorge Zerbino, Juan Manuel Gaminara, Matias Beer, Alejandro Nieto. Replacements: Nicolas Klappenbach, Oscar Duran, Alejo Corral, Mathias Palomeque, Diego Magno, Agustin Alonso, Alejo Duran, Manuel Blengio.