France flanker Axelle Berthoumieu admitted to biting Eire’s Aoife Wafer of their Girls’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal however appealed her 12-match suspension on Monday.
France captain Manaé Feleu was additionally interesting a three-game suspension which threatens to rule her out of the World Cup semifinal towards England and the ultimate or bronze closing.
Berthoumieu’s admission occurred in a foul play assessment listening to. The panel stated she accepted her chew was worthy of a pink card and the off-field citing was warranted.
Aoife Wafer of Eire is tackled by Axelle Berthoumieu and Charlotte Escudero of France through the Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter Last match between France and Eire at Sandy Park on September 14, 2025 in Exeter, England.
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No motion was taken towards her on the sphere on the time.
Wafer accused Berthoumieu of biting her arm throughout France’s 18-13 win on Sunday in Exeter. The referee referred it to the Tv Match Official to assessment footage.
World Rugby stated in a press release, “In reviewing the matter live, the TMO was unable to determine clear and obvious foul play and did not have the benefit of additional evidential submissions to corroborate.”
Berthoumieu was charged after the match by the citing commissioner.
For a sanction, the panel began the suspension at 18 video games and deducted six.
“Although the player acknowledged the foul play and was remorseful, full mitigation was not given due to the seriousness of the player’s actions, and that the player had the opportunity not to continue with the action,” World Rugby stated.
Berthoumieu appealed towards the size of the 12-game suspension, which might rule her out of the remainder of the World Cup and stop her from taking part in to March 1.
Her attraction might be heard on Tuesday.
Former England World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi advised the BBC the alleged biting was a “disgrace” and Berthoumieu needs to be punished if discovered responsible.
“I hate seeing that in the game,” Alphonsi stated.
The 25-year-old Berthoumieu has 27 caps since her 2019 debut, together with all 4 of France’s matches at this World Cup, her first.
Feleu, main Les Bleues at her second World Cup, was cited for a harmful deal with that wasn’t sanctioned on the sphere. At her listening to, she accepted there was foul play however didn’t imagine it was price a citing.
However the panel discovered her responsible of head-on-head contact at pace with no mitigation.
Her attraction may also be heard on Tuesday towards a suspension that threatens to be a significant blow to France’s title hopes.
France’s Axelle Berthoumieu through the Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter Last match between France and Eire at Sandy Park on September 14, 2025 in Exeter, England.
EXETER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 14: France’s Axelle Berthoumieu through the Girls’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter Last match between France and Eire at Sandy Park on September 14, 2025 in Exeter, England. (Photograph by Rob Newell – CameraSport through Getty Photos)
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