• Ashton also included despite serving suspension
Danny Cipriani has been left out of the first England training squad since his two convictions for common assault and resisting arrest. Cipriani has since made a flying start to the season with Gloucester but he is the eye-catching omission from Eddie Jones’s 36-man squad which includes Manu Tuilagi and the suspended Chris Ashton.
Cipriani is England’s incumbent fly-half, having made a first start in a decade against South Africa in June, but in August he was arrested following a nightclub incident during Gloucester’s pre-season tour of Jersey. He was fined a total of £4,000 and found guilty by the Rugby Football Union of “conduct prejudicial to the interest of the game”.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/20/danny-cipriani-left-out-england-rugby-squad under the title “Danny Cipriani left out of England squad while Manu Tuilagi earns recall”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
