Women’s Rugby World Cup: France’s Axelle Berthoumieu has biting ban reduced to nine matches
France back row Axelle Berthoumieu has had her 12-match ban for biting reduced to nine after an appeal. The 25-year-old bit Ireland’s Aoife Wafer in France’s World Cup quarter-final win on Sunday. A disciplinary committee said Berthoumieu’s admission of guilt, clean disciplinary record, remorse and public apology were sufficient mitigation to reduce the ban. She…
