Betting at the RWC

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Welsh Rugby Union CEO Martyn Phillips and head coach Warren Gatland fronted up to the media at their hotel in Japan to address Howley’s recent removal from the setup.

And it has emerged that a betting company's integrity team contacted the WRU last Wednesday (September 11) with information that prompted Phillips to fly out to Japan to confront Howley with the claims.

Before CEO Phillips and WRU Operations Manager Julie Paterson flew out to Kitakyushu, where Wales are currently based, they informed World Rugby of the potential breach and began formal proceedings.

In an opening statement from Phillips before the press conference began on Wednesday, he explained the timeline of events.

“I’m going to tell you as much as I can but we are in a formal process and there are certain things I can’t disclose,” said Phillips.

“We were contacted on Wednesday of last week informally to suggest there was a potential breach of regulation 6, which you’ll now be familiar with.

“We were then contacted formally with further information on Friday evening. We took Saturday to digest that information.

“We reached the decision on Saturday that we were best-placed to come out to Japan.

“At that point we informed World Rugby that there was a potential breach and we would be seeking face to face time with Rob to get his perspective.


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