Exeter's Ethan Roots Banned for Three Games After Striking Former Team-mate Jack Innard
England forward received 20-minute red card for striking Gloucester hooker during Premiership match at Kingsholm
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- Exeter and England forward Ethan Roots has been banned for three games after striking Gloucester hooker Jack Innard during Sunday's Premiership match at Kingsholm.
- The 28-year-old received a red card for the offence, which left Innard with a concussion.
- Roots, who described Innard as a friend, admitted the charge and had his ban reduced from six to three games due to his early admission, good disciplinary record and cooperation with the RFU disciplinary panel.
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Ethan Roots is an England international forward playing for Exeter Chiefs. The incident involved his former Exeter team-mate Jack Innard, now playing for Gloucester. Roots explained that his reaction came after Innard's tackle made contact with a calf injury he had just sustained, requiring four stitches after medics removed plastic and rubber crumb from the wound.
Exeter's England forward Ethan Roots has been banned for three games after striking Gloucester hooker Jack Innard, who he described as a friend. Roots hit his former Exeter team-mate while he was on the ground in the final moments of Sunday's Prem game at Kingsholm. The 28-year-old was given a 20-minute red card for the offence, which left Innard with a concussion. Roots will miss Exeter's European Challenge Cup semi-final at Ulster on Saturday as well as the meeting with Prem leaders Bath at Sandy Park and the game against Harlequins at Twickenham. "We have no personal animosity at all," Roots said in a statement to a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel. "To the contrary he is a friend and my brother who also plays for Exeter has rented his house since Jack joined Gloucester." Roots says his reaction came after Innard tackled him, with the contact being made on his calf, which he had injured during the second half. Medics removed a piece of plastic and some rubber crumb from the synthetic surface from the wound, which required four stitches before Roots could return to the pitch. "He came in very low and his shoulder came into contact with my leg exactly on the injury I had just received," Roots added. "This was very painful. I reacted by pushing my hand down on his head. It was not a strong hit and there was no closed fist or anything like that. "I have tried to rationalise what happened, and why, and I have no idea what I was trying to do or achieve. It was a split second response to pain and frustration and I am very sorry for it." From a starting point of a six-game ban, the panel reduced it to three games because of Roots' early admission of the charge, good disciplinary record and cooperation with the tribunal.
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- What was the exact nature of the initial injury that Roots sustained?
- Were there any witnesses to the incident who provided additional context?
- Will Gloucester or Innard make any statement about the incident?
