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Rugby lock gets early bath for YouTube punch

The Rugby Football Union has banned Bristol lock Gareth Llewellyn for three weeks after he admitted whacking Bath prop David Barnes during Bath's 19-9 defeat of Bristol on 2 March - an incident rather ill-advisedly posted on YouTube by a delighted Bristol fan: The vid was apparently spotted by Bath supporters and subsequently …

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

This is rugby not football

Less of the amateur dramatics etc... just let them fight it out fcs, remember these are proper men not david beckems...

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Durr

Who's David Beckem? Too many blows to the head?

Joke

Nah...

They're David Deck 'ems!

"and wished Barnes "a full and speedy recovery" from his unspecified injuries."

... so he can stand up and get hit again. Next!

This is rugby not football

Who said it wasnt rugby?

http://www.rfu.com/

What do you mean....

"rather ill-advisedly posted on YouTube by a delighted Bristol fan"??

The player doing the punching deserves to be shown for the twat he is.

Strewth

What sort of Bath supporter felt they had to report it? Probably someone who's never played.

Reported.....

Was a BRISTOL fan..... anyway, rugby is or maybe was a good game until thugs like this one got loose in it, good for whoever posted it and better that the RFU actually bothered to sanction the player. I wonder what would have happened if it had been a 'high profile' player.....??

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