{"id":268290,"date":"2026-01-28T12:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268290\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:16:07","slug":"bundee-aki-replaced-in-ireland-six-nations-squad-as-he-faces-misconduct-complaint-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268290\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundee Aki replaced in Ireland Six Nations squad as he faces \u2018misconduct complaint\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irfu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irfu\/\">IRFU<\/a> has confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/bundee-aki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/bundee-aki\/\">Bundee Aki<\/a> has been replaced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-rugby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-rugby\/\">Ireland squad<\/a> training in the Algarve by Ulster\u2019s uncapped centre Jude Postlethwaite in a remarkable statement pending a disciplinary hearing against the Connacht centre today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Aki is to face a \u2018misconduct complaint\u2019 arising from allegedly engaging with match officials after Connacht\u2019s 34-23 loss to Leinster at the Dexcom Stadium last Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ahead of an Independent Disciplinary Committee today, the IRFU statement said: \u201cThe IRFU does not tolerate any form of disrespect shown towards match officials and does not condone actions that fall below the standards expected of players representing Irish rugby. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe IRFU are investigating the matter further internally and no additional comment will be made at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A URC statement said: \u201cAfter the Round 10 BKT United Rugby Championship fixture on Saturday, January 24 at Dexcom Stadium, Galway, the Player is alleged to have engaged with the match official team on several occasions in a manner which may be deemed to be in breach of the league\u2019s Disciplinary Rules related to Misconduct (including Clause 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/rugby\/2025\/11\/14\/his-place-no-longer-guaranteed-bundee-aki-admits-he-must-take-game-to-another-level\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From the archives: Bundee Aki admits he must raise his game \u2018to another level\u2019 with his place no longer guaranteedOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAn Independent Disciplinary Committee will meet today (Wednesday, January 28) to consider the Complaint in accordance with the URC Disciplinary Rules. Roddy Dunlop KC (Scotland) will serve as Chair, with Attie Heyns (South Africa) and Andrea Caranci (Italy) completing the committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Aki was a replacement in the game and at the end of an 11-minute spell as a temporary replacement for Cathal Forde could be heard remonstrating with the referee Eoghan Cross after being caught in the face by Charlie Tector\u2019s head in the 20th minute. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IRFU has confirmed that Bundee Aki has been replaced in the Ireland squad training in the Algarve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[131786,28454,61,60,1449,12917,11287,43,15551,14881],"class_list":["post-268290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-bundee-aki","tag-connacht-rugby","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-rugby","tag-irfu","tag-leinster-rugby","tag-news","tag-six-nations","tag-united-rugby-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}