hello from the bbc sport centre. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after world rugby confirmed bans for both players. farrell has been handed a four match ban after a lengthy process and will miss the opening two games oft the rugby world cup in france next month. vunipola has been banned for three games but it can be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england s chances at the tournament. well, ultimately it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage in the argentina and japan being the
yeah, i mean, already i mean, not so much for the islands, but some of my pacific friends, they they can t have tracks because there s just not enough land above the sea level that they can maintain a track that the athletes can train on. you know, so that s probably unheard of for some european countries that are landlocked and have that kind of security. but that s the reality for a lot of our nations. rangers were held to a 2 2 draw at home by psv eindhoven in the opening leg of their champions league qualification tie. despite being ahead twice a luuk dejong goal with ten minutes remaining proved enough for the dutch side to return home feeling they have the upper hand ahead of next week s second leg in the netherlands. elsewhere, there were two other matches taking place with copenhagen taking a one goal advantage back to denmark next week, while royal antwerp will also take a slender lead to greece when they play aek athens. 0wen farrell has been handed a four match ban and will
infant formula on online adverts. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s marc edwards. there s been a double blow for england, with less than three weeks to go until the rugby world cup kicks off. owen farrell and now billy vunipola will be unavailable for their opening game of the tournament with argentina, after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. that means he ll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola meanwhile has been banned for three games, after england s only specialist number eight was sent off against ireland last week. however, it could be reduced to two matches if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. let s hear now from our reporter sara orchard on how these bans might impact england s chances at the tournament. ultimately, it has been disrupt
hello from the bbc sport centre. england will be without both 0wen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after world rugby confirmed bans for both players. farrell has been handed a four match ban after a lengthy process and will miss the opening two games oft the rugby world cup in france next month. vunipola has been banned for three games but it can be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. 0ur reporter sara 0rchard has been telling me about how it impacts england s chances at the tournament. well, ultimately it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage in the argentina and japan being the
try to do as best as possible. we started well, let s keep going that way. this team over the last, i am going for my seven season at city, since i arrived, ijust remember one arrived, i just remember one season arrived, ijust remember one season where we weren t successful. so to be here until now men s trophies, men s winning a lot. there s been a double blow for england with less than 3 weeks to go until the rugby world cup kicks off, 0wen farrell and now billy vunipola will be unavailable for their opening game of the tournament with argentina after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. vunipola meanwhile has been banned for three games, after england s only specialist number 8 was sent off against ireland last week. patrick gearey has more. the guilty shoulder in the