Fritz in firing line
10 Feb 2009
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Fritz in firing line
France centre Florian Fritz faces a disciplinary hearing following his citing for eye gouging in their 30-21 defeat to Ireland.
Fritz will appear in London on Wednesday to answer the charge. Fritz was accused in a statement released by the disciplinary commission of “making contact with the eyes or eyes area of an opponent during the game”.
Eye gouging carries a minimum three-match ban.
Tindall, Monye back in England mix
Centre Mike Tindall and winger Ugo Monye have recovered from injury and are available for selection for England’s Test against Wales.
The pair trained well on Monday and both are expected to be in the match 22 for the Millennium Stadium match.
However, scrum-half Danny Care has been ruled out with an ankle injury, with London Irish’s Paul Hodgson called up as his replacement.
England boss Martin Johnson will name his team on Tuesday afternoon, while Wales have delayed their announcement until Thursday as they wait on injuries to Ryan Jones, Gavin Henson and Shane Williams.
Meanwhile, former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has criticised the players’ attitude.
“If you picked your top five players in each position in world rugby, where would those England players slot in? There are not too many that would even make the top three or four,” said Dallaglio.
“We have this attitude at the moment where our players walk around thinking they are the bees knees. There are a lot of guys who think they are there – but they are not.
“You wouldn’t be quaking in your boots playing England at the minute.
“They need to set the targets higher. If we want to be the best team in the world some players have got to start giving a bit of hard work and sacrifice.”
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3 Comments
10 Feb 2009, 07:58 am
irish!
10 Feb 2009, 08:38 am
“You wouldn’t be quaking in your boots playing England at the minute.
Very true.
10 Feb 2009, 09:06 am
Dallaglio is 100% right. You can see how these Poms act. Whenever they score a try they go MAD like they just scored a winning try in the RWC final. It’s always been like that. I suppose it’s because everything o do with English Rugby has the word “Elite” attached to it. So these dudes truelly believe they are the best. When in actual fact they are far from it. England did not deserve to win on saturday. Italy could have taken it were their scrumhalf not and eighthman. I hope the Dragons give them a good hiding. The last thing world rugby needs is for England to rave about winning the Six Nations.
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