{"id":552473,"date":"2026-04-27T00:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552473\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:41:06","slug":"season-over-england-star-facing-lengthy-ban-after-late-flashpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552473\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSeason Over?\u201d \u2013 England Star Facing Lengthy Ban After Late Flashpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exeter\u2019s Gallagher Premiership play-off push took a major hit as Gloucester Rugby tore up the script with a dramatic 34-31 victory over Exeter Chiefs at Kingsholm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50 Save us to your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bziEdo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Favourites <\/a>for nonstop RUCK content!<\/p>\n<p>But the real talking point came after the final play.<\/p>\n<p>England flanker Ethan Roots now faces a potential lengthy suspension following a 20-minute red card for an off-the-ball incident that marred an already bruising contest. With tensions boiling over in the dying seconds, the clash could carry serious consequences for both player and club heading into the run-in.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters were quick to react online, with many condemning the moment:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthan Roots \u2014 elbow to the face of a man unable to protect himself on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspect a lengthy ban. Looked like the Gloucester player was receiving treatment after the final whistle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems an incredibly stupid decision which will probably end his season\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkull full of concrete. Brain dead there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If cited and banned, Roots could miss the remainder of the campaign \u2014 a hammer blow to Exeter\u2019s already faltering top-four ambitions. The incident is expected to come under close scrutiny from disciplinary officials in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>EDITORS PICKS:<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exeter\u2019s Gallagher Premiership play-off push took a major hit as Gloucester Rugby tore up the script with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-552473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}