Best faces anxious wait to learn his fate

NORTHAMPTON and Ireland forward Neil Best faces an overnight wait to discover his fate after appearing before Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs.

The Ireland international flanker was cited for allegedly making contact with the eye or eye area of Wasps and England star James Haskell with his hand during a Guinness Premiership game 10 days ago.

But after a two-and-a-half-hour hearing in London yesterday, attended by Best, the three-man RFU panel decided on further discussions.