August gets Cup final backing from Grewcock

MUNSTER’S Heineken Cup final opponents Biarritz hope Benoit August will escape suspension for the Cardiff showdown thanks to the support of an unlikely source — Danny Grewcock, the Bath second row August is accused of gouging in their semi-final meeting.

Grewcock, no stranger to disciplinary proceedings, has cleared August of blame ahead of an ERC disciplinary meeting in Dublin tomorrow.

Biarritz and France lock Jerome Thion said yesterday: “Danny Grewcock has written a letter supporting Benoit to the ERC, and we hope this will allow Benoit to play for us against Munster.”