Alun Wyn Jones black eye: What happened to the Wales captain?
Rugby NewsSunday, 07 February 2021 at 00:43
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones black eye was allegedly caused after an altercation with a fellow squad member during training last week.
The Rugby Paper and Mail Online has reported that the most-capped player of all-time clashed with second-row partner Jake Ball in a heated exchange.
The damage done to Jones is clear to see in the video below.
Ball, who will move to Australia at the end of the season, isn't involved in Wayne Pivac’s squad for the game against Ireland in Cardiff following the incident.
The altercation is said to have been played down by sources close to Wayne Pivac’s camp despite Alun Wyn Jones black eye.
The WRU were contacted for comment about the reports of the alleged altercation.
DID YOU KNOW? Jones is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Ryan Jones, Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Gerald Davies, Gareth Edwards and J. P. R. Williams
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Martin Johnson & Lewis Moody, 2004
Moody’s desire to impress on his return after injury in 2004 caused a flare-up with the then Tigers captain.
“It was my first session and I was extra keen, trying to do everything and hit everything,” Moody told The Sun.
“Tempers flared and ‘Johnno’ and I had a little coming together. He gave me a little dink and I gave him a little dink – but his hurt a lot more! It’s just typical training ground stuff. You need that friendly rivalry.”
The former England captain also famously came to blows with Tigers teammate Alesana Tuilagi when England faced Samoa at Twickenham.
James Haskell & Trevor Leota, 2007
In this amusing video, Leota and James Haskell recall the time they came to blows. Of course, the big prop triumphed.
Paul O'Connell & Ryan Caldwell, 2007
O'Connell lost his nerve with the Ulster second-row in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup. The Munster legend threw a punch and he went down, unconscious with a tooth bursting his cheek. Caldwell swallowed a lot of blood and an ambulance had to rush him to the hospital. The team doctor later told O'Connell: "The story is, you nearly killed him.”
The Ireland legend, who would often involved in training ground scraps, would never be involved in another after he learned from this incident that a single punch could hurt someone badly.
Brian O'Driscoll & Austin Healey, 2001
When England's Austin Healy began poking fun at a swollen and bruised Ronan O'Gara during the 2001 Lions tour of Australia, a young Brian O'Driscoll snapped and beat the lard out of him.
Here is legendary hooker Keith Wood's version of events.
"Austin came in and he was being an unbelievable pain in the a**e. I mean beyond all belief. He was touching ROG's face and saying 'c'mom Rog, let's have a little boxing match.,, c'mon c'mon'.
"ROG just said 'p**s off, just leave me alone, get away from me' and then suddenly this little voice peeps in... 'I'll have a bit of that,' says Drico and they put on a pair of boxing gloves and Drico beat the living crap out of him.
Danny Cipriani & Josh Lewsey, 2008
Cipriani was baited by Lewsey for not putting enough effort in. Reports claim Cipriani then retaliated by telling Lewsey to "shut up or be shut up". Next thing the 20-year-old knew he was lying on his back staring up at the sky with a fat lip.
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