- Four-match ban backdated to include game against Ireland
- Farrell will miss group games against Argentina and Japan
Owen Farrell will miss England’s first two games at the start of the Rugby World Cup. An independent disciplinary committee suspended the England captain on Tuesday night for four matches after World Rugby’s appeal was upheld, the Rugby Football Union has announced. Farrell will miss the World Cup games against Argentina and Japan.
Farrell faced his second disciplinary hearing on Tuesday at the conclusion of a drawn-out saga that led to questions over the review system’s credibility after his red card was overturned. The England captain was shown a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Wales’s Taine Basham this month but was sent off following the bunker review.
