Dupuy set to answer eye-gouging charge

AS EXPECTED, Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy will appear before an independent disciplinary hearing of the European Rugby Cup as a result of a citing arising from Saturday’s Heineken Cup match against Ulster at Ravenhill.

Tony Lanaway, the citing commissioner from England, has also called upon David Attoub, the Stade replacement prop, to account for his actions in the same incident.

The ERC stated that “the citing is for alleged contact with the eye/eye area of Ulster player Stephen Ferris in contravention of Law 10.4 (1). The independent judicial officer will be appointed as soon as practicable”.