{"id":938546,"date":"2026-10-23T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/938546\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:30:13","slug":"rugby-shocked-by-most-vindictive-foul-play-as-furious-fans-call-for-lifetime-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/938546\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby shocked by \u2018most vindictive\u2019 foul play as furious fans call for lifetime ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports fans around the world are calling for a Welsh rugby star to receive a lifetime ban after he sickeningly stamped on an opposition player.<\/p>\n<p>The vile incident occurred in Wales on Friday morning (AEST) during the Super Rygbi Cymru match between Llandovery and Ebbw Vale.<\/p>\n<p>Be the first to know when news breaks. <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.newscorp.newscomau.app&amp;pcampaignid=web_share\" title=\"play.google.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our new app<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second division clash between the semi-pro teams was 8-0 to Llandovery with four minutes remaining of the first half when an off-the-ball scuffle resulted in the referee showing a red card to Ebbw Vale\u2019s Curtis Gregory.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the biggest Aussie sports &amp; the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/home?extcamp=ncaeditoriallinkgeneric-edt-new-lnk-awr-grc-grc-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Kayo now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Replays then showed the seriousness of the act which saw the player dismissed \u2014 much to the shock of viewers everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory was on the edge of the ruck when a Llandovery player was lying down with his arm around the leg of the Ebbw Vale man.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory shrugged off the player\u2019s arm, and then proceeded to violently stamp on the star\u2019s leg with tremendous force in a reprehensible, unprovoked attack.<\/p>\n<p>The victimised player got back to his feet and, understandably angry, shoved Gregory away before teammates intervened.<\/p>\n<p>But footage of the incident published on social media has seen the stamp go viral and cause outrage among fans.<\/p>\n<p>Zilch said: \u201cYeah that\u2019s a lifetime ban. That\u2019s actually p***ed me off, one of the scummiest things I\u2019ve seen on a rugby pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Rogers added: \u201cDifficult to know how long to ban Curtis Gregory for here. But it has to be long. Very long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most vindictive things I\u2019ve seen in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VamosLaRojas reacted: \u201cThat should be jail time. Hiding assault behind sports just isn\u2019t good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Turf Studio responded: \u201cAbsolute tool. Disgusting, and not even the most bias Ebbw Vale supporter should have any complaints about a lengthy ban.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/d42a7b6e15bda124a68974c3f9ede063\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"World Cup winner speaks on MND diagnosis\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust glad the Llandovery player got up, shame he didn\u2019t give him what he deserved!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Mark Mitchell said: \u201cShould be a lifetime ban. Not only foul play, he aimed for his knee and tried to permanently cripple him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolute grub and a spineless coward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has not yet been confirmed whether Gregory will receive a lengthy ban for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>But Ebbw Vale did not suffer from the red card.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a man down, they somehow roared back to claim a stunning 31-15 comeback victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports fans around the world are calling for a Welsh rugby star to receive a lifetime ban after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[504865,442038,504854,426705,434094,504864,460710,504860,377579,388236,504861,504850,504842,504863,504878,504871,504857,88040,504849,504840,504867,504848,24278,504836,504872,427702,237608,504877,38809,443484,39598,504873,504859,43,504847,405681,400310,404638,283351,504874,167769,504843,504876,470762,13053,504870,44,504869,504880,504868,75351,382196,426709,760,504866,110563,1314,588,85,47956,232287,141619,504879,381352,382194,504856,56574,382541,377510,377724,504851,434002,504875,504855,388231,504839,378484,463190,504853,504837,504845,384464,504841,34537,504852,504858,54798,41,39,42,40,504838,504844,504862,504835,301712,504846,12812],"class_list":["post-938546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-foul-play","tag-s-arm","tag-s-curtis-gregory-watch","tag-s-leg","tag-8-0","tag-a-lengthy-ban","tag-a-lifetime-ban","tag-a-llandovery-player","tag-a-man","tag-a-red-card","tag-a-reprehensible","tag-a-rugby-pitch","tag-a-spineless-coward","tag-a-stunning-31-15-comeback-victory","tag-a-welsh-rugby-star","tag-absolute-grub","tag-absolute-tool","tag-aest","tag-an-arrestable-offence","tag-an-off-the-ball-scuffle","tag-an-opposition-player","tag-any-complaints","tag-assault","tag-curtis-gregory","tag-dave-rogers","tag-disgusting","tag-ebbw-vale","tag-fans-zilch","tag-footage","tag-four-minutes","tag-friday","tag-furious-fans","tag-gregory","tag-headlines","tag-hiding-assault","tag-his-arm","tag-his-feet","tag-his-knee","tag-jail-time","tag-kayo-sports-get-kayo","tag-lifetime-ban","tag-llandovery","tag-llandovery-and-ebbw-vale-be","tag-mark-mitchell","tag-morning","tag-most-vindictive","tag-news","tag-not-even-the-most-bias-ebbw-vale-supporter","tag-not-only-foul-play","tag-our-new-appthe-second-division-clash","tag-outrage","tag-overseas-live","tag-replays","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world","tag-shame","tag-social-media","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-fans","tag-teammates","tag-the-act","tag-the-astonishingly-horrific-scene","tag-the-best","tag-the-biggest-aussie-sports","tag-the-ebbw-vale-man-gregory","tag-the-edge","tag-the-first","tag-the-first-half","tag-the-incident","tag-the-incident-but","tag-the-leg","tag-the-llandovery-player","tag-the-most-vindictive-things","tag-the-player","tag-the-red-card-despite","tag-the-referee","tag-the-ruck","tag-the-scummiest-things","tag-the-semi-pro-teams","tag-the-seriousness","tag-the-shock","tag-the-stamp","tag-the-star","tag-the-super-rygbi-cymru-match","tag-the-vile-incident","tag-the-world","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-tremendous-force","tag-turf-studio","tag-unprovoked-attack-the-victimised-player","tag-vamoslarojas","tag-viewers","tag-viral-and","tag-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}