Lawes sweats amid Puma citing fears

COURTNEY LAWES’ World Cup could be curtailed if Argentina cite the second row following England’s victory yesterday.

Ireland’s Murray Whyte, match disciplinary official, has 36 hours from the final whistle to study the tape and bring any citings. Lawes will discover by late tonight, whether he has questions to answer over tackles on Argentina centre Gonzalo Tiesi and hooker Mario Ledesma.

Tiesi suffered suspected knee ligament damage when he was hit by Lawes after kicking the ball while Ledesma took a knee to the head. Regulations allow teams to refer incidents to the citing commissioner within the first 12 hours.