Eire prop Tadhg Furlong has been cited over an alleged groin seize in Leinster’s United Rugby Championship win over Munster on Saturday.
Munster again row Gavin Coombes raised the allegation towards an unnamed Leinster participant with match referee Andrew Brace within the closing phases of the primary half on the Aviva Stadium, however tv match official (TMO) Colin Stanley couldn’t discover any video proof on the time.
Nonetheless, skilled entrance row Furlong has now been cited over an act of foul play underneath Legislation 9.27, which says a “a participant should not do something that’s towards the spirit of excellent sportsmanship together with however not restricted to grabbing, twisting or squeezing the genitals”.
An announcement from the URC stated “preparations for the disciplinary course of are presently in progress and will probably be introduced sooner or later”.
If discovered responsible of the offence, the 33-year-old can be in peril of lacking Eire’s Nations Championship matches with Argentina, Fiji and South Africa in Dublin, in addition to the finals weekend in London.
In October 2025, South Africa front-rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels obtained a nine-match suspension for grabbing Josh Murphy’s genitals within the Bulls’ URC win over Connacht.
For that incident, Wessels was handed a 12-week suspension – the shortest ban underneath World Rugby guidelines for such an offence – that was lowered by three weeks because of his “good conduct previous to and on the listening to and good document”.
If comparable motion was taken towards Furlong, he would doubtlessly miss Leinster’s Investec Champions Cup Pool match with Sale, in addition to the festive inter-provincial derbies with Ulster and Munster.
Talking after the 24-18 defeat on the Aviva Stadium, Munster head coach Clayton McMillan stated he would “again our gamers 100% that in the event that they make an allegation like that”.
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen stated he didn’t see the incident, which occurred within the thirty seventh minute when Munster had been main, however acknowledged it was a “severe matter”.
