{"id":341538,"date":"2026-03-12T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341538\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:39:10","slug":"oscar-jegou-learns-his-fate-after-delayed-disciplinary-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341538\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Jegou learns his fate after delayed disciplinary hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An independent disciplinary committee has found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> flanker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/oscar-jegou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Jegou<\/a> guilty of making \u2018reckless contact with the eye(s)\u2019 during Les Bleus\u2019 50-40 defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Jegou appeared to gouge Scotland hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/ewan-ashman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ewan Ashman<\/a> approaching the hour mark as he tried to disrupt a maul. Although it went unpunished on the field of play by the match officials, the incident was replayed extensively on social media, and during the BBC\u2019s live coverage of the match, and Jegou was later cited.<\/p>\n<p>The disciplinary committee had amended the charge to include the word \u2018reckless\u2019, after delaying the hearing by 24 hours, and upheld the citing, finding that the player had committed the relevant act of foul play and that the conduct had warranted a red card.<\/p>\n<p>The disciplinary report concluded: \u201cIn applying World Rugby\u2019s sanctioning provisions, the low-end entry point of six weeks was deemed appropriate in light of the fact that (among other reasons) there was no injury caused to the victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of mitigating factors (including the player\u2019s good conduct and good disciplinary record), the independent Disciplinary Committee applied a two-week reduction in sanction, thus reducing the final sanction to four weeks. There were no aggravating factors to increase the sanction. The player was reminded of his right of appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/eye-gouge-1-e1773045886810.png.webp.webp\"  class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Oscar Jegou\" width=\"766\" height=\"431\"\/>France flanker Oscar Jegou making contact with the eyes of Ewan Ashman in the match between Scotland and France Photo: BBC<\/p>\n<p>The four-week playing suspension will cover the following matches:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 14 March 2026 \u2013 France v England<br \/>Saturday, 21 March 2026 \u2013 La Rochelle v Pau<br \/>Saturday, 28 March 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bayonne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayonne<\/a> v La Rochelle<br \/>Saturday, 4 April 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> v La Rochelle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An independent disciplinary committee has found France flanker Oscar Jegou guilty of making \u2018reckless contact with the eye(s)\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-341538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341538","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=341538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}