After being crimson carded within the third minute of England’s opening World Cup fixture towards Argentina on Saturday, England flanker Tom Curry will study his destiny on Tuesday night (French time) as as to if he can be banned or not.
The openside clashed heads with Argentina fullback Juan Cruz Mallía after chasing a field kick, and was initially yellow carded by referee Mathieu Raynal, who referred it to Marius Jonker within the TMO bunker. Jonker upgraded the cardboard to a crimson a couple of minutes later, and England needed to play the remaining 77 minutes with 14 gamers. They got here away 27-10 winners nonetheless.
England play Japan on Sunday, so Curry will discover out on Tuesday whether or not he can be eligible for that match or not, and even the pool fixtures towards Chile and Samoa.
A World Rugby assertion reads: “England’s Tom Curry will seem earlier than an unbiased Judicial Committee in Paris having obtained a crimson card, following a evaluation by the Foul Play Evaluate Officer, in England’s Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool D match towards Argentina in Marseille on Saturday, 9 September for an offence opposite to Legislation 9.13 (harmful sort out). On the participant’s request, the listening to will happen on Tuesday night, 12 September.
“The unbiased Judicial Committee that can hear the matter can be chaired by Adam Casselden SC (Australia), joined by former gamers John Langford (Australia) and Jamie Corsi (Wales).”
England head coach Steve Borthwick was reluctant to touch upon the crimson after the match, though he didn’t stay completely tight-lipped.
“Clearly I’m not going to touch upon the one going via a disciplinary course of now,” he stated.
“I assumed the opposite one was fairly fascinating. It seemed similar to an occasion a number of weeks in the past that obtained upgraded to a crimson.”
