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
Here s chetan. 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 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. he ll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could 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. ultimately, it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage, and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely l
Hello from the bbc sport centre. let s start with the rugby. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup 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. he ll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could 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. ultimately, it has been disrupted, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s polar stage and argentina
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