Bath lock David Attwood BANNED for incident looked at by the TMO

Wednesday, 26 October 2022 at 15:40

byRugby Rucker

Bath lock Dave Attwood has been handed a three-week ban following a previously unseen incident against Northampton Saints.

Whilst Attwood was not reprimanded during Bath Rugby's match against Northampton Saints, he was cited post-match for an act contrary to World Rugby Law 9.12, striking or punching, on Saturday 22 October.

He has received a three-week ban and will miss the following games:

5 November v Newcastle Falcons
11 November v Leicester Tigers
20 November v Barbarians

In a statement, Bath said: "Speaking to Northampton Saints' Fraser Dingwall after the match to apologise for his actions, Attwood said he is a better person than the way he acted and was very sorry for losing his cool.

"Attwood spent the night apologising to his teammates, coaches and family and is sorry to have breached his commitment to maintaining good discipline."

Reacting to the incident, Northampton's head of media Tim Percival wrote: 'Taken from judgment: "The TMO has a look at the incident informally but doesn't see any clear footage to bring it to the attention of the referee." Staggering.'

'Maybe when the officials miss things like this they are stood down for the same period of time,' commented another onlooker.

A this said: 'The ref is literally 5 yards away.'

Dave Attwood facts:

He graduated from Bristol University with a joint Honours degree in Physics and Philosophy with the support
Attwood funds a performance sports scholarship at the University of Bristol called the Dave Attwood Rugby Scholarship Scheme
As at October 2022, Attwood had been awarded 24 England caps
He was England under 16 discus championand still enjoys throwing although he complains that "he never finds the time

“A posh c*” – Three players Owen Farrell cannot stand**

England fly-half Owen Farrell is never afraid of sharing an opinion or two – especially when it’s about someone he doesn’t particularly like.

#1. Dave Attwood

Former England lock Attwood has opened up on the latest RugbyPass Offload about his ongoing rivalry with Owen Farrell.

He revealed: "On the pitch, I struggle a lot with Owen Farrell. We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things,

“He hates me with a passion. Despite my earthy roots, he thinks I am a posh c***. He hates that. I bagged rugby league once jovially. I was saying it to take the piss kind of thing, ‘a bloody sport for the peasants’. He f**kin’ hated it."

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#2. Ryan Wilson

The Scotland back-rower was the instigator in some tunnel argy-bargy when the players returned to the changing rooms after the warm-up back in 2018 with Farrell at the centre.

Footage of the incident shows all hell breaking loose when Farrell barged his way past a number of Scotland players to confront Wilson, who had been attempting to get inside the head of George Ford.

Wilson later revealed he was banned from Twickenham following the incident.

“I remember that game, I was actually injured and after tunnel-gate, after everything that happened in the tunnel against England, I’d lined up a corporate gig at Twickenham,” he recalled to Rugby Pass in November.

“Had it all lined up, a little bit of cash, all excited, only to get a message back saying the RFU have banned you from Twickenham Stadium after everything that happened the year before.

#3. James Haskell

The pair have what we can only describe as a love-hate relationship. As legendary as the 'best mates' videos were during the 2016 tour of Australia, Farrell certainly didn't seem to be enjoying it.