Irish rugby players trial balance

  • The outcome of the legal case involving five former rugby players, including Irish player Chris Farrell, remains uncertain as a jury deliberates.
  • Adolescent rugby union athletes with a history of concussion had poorer dynamic balance during performance tasks compared with healthy controls.
  • Two Irish rugby stars and two of their friends have been found not guilty of charges of rape, indecent exposure and perverting the course of justice.

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    Ex-Ireland centre among 5 rugby players standing trial in Bordeaux

    Five former players from the French rugby club Grenoble will on trial today (Monday) in Bordeaux over allegations that three of them gang-raped a student following a match in

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    The trial will hinge on whether the young woman &#; now aged 27 &#; was too intoxicated to consent to sex.

    The plaintiff, referred to as &#;V&#; and represented by &#; among others &#; Anne Cadiot-Feidt, has chosen to remain anonymous to safeguard her identity.

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    Five rugby players formerly with French side Grenoble went on trial on Monday, accused of raping a student in a hotel in or failing to prevent the alleged sexual assault.

    The trial, held in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux, had originally been scheduled for June but was delayed after one of the defendants, Irish national Denis Coulson, was badly injured in a traffic accident.

    Coulson was “still weak” but would present at the trial, said his lawyer, Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt. The former prop, 30, is accused of gang rape, as are New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, and Frenchman Loick Jammes,

    Irish national Chris Farrell, 31, and New Zealander Dylan Hayes, 40, are charged with failure to prevent a crime. The presiding judge has excluded media from proceedings, at the request of lawyers for the alleged victim.

    One of her lawyers, Gaessy Gros, said she was apprehensive about “coming face to face with her attackers” and having to “live through all of it again”.

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    IRFU latest union to oppose minute red card rättegång which goes against &#;core values&#;

    The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have become the latest union to slam the adoption of the new minute red card, following in the footsteps of France and former Ireland star Ronan O&#;Gara. 

    The new minute red card was recently trialled in the Rugby Championship and U20 Championship, but it has come beneath fire as a worldwide trial nears.

    IRFU latest union to oppose the minute red card

    In a statement, the IRFU declared it does not support the new initiative, saying &#;player welfare and safety are paramount to the core values of the game&#;.

    &#;The IRFU does not support the permanent adoption of a minute red card,&#; the statement read. &#;Player welfare and safety are paramount to the core values of the game and the option of a permanent red card for deliberate and intentional acts of foul play supports those values and protects the integrity of the game.&#;

    However, it did say it welc