Chris Farrell

2022 - 9 - 23

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Farrell won't play for Munster due to French court case (RTE.ie)

Munster and Ireland centre Chris Farrell has stepped away from his role with the province while legal proceedings in France relating to an alleged rape are ...

Farrell and Dylan Hayes, also both playing with Grenoble at the time, face the lesser charge of "non-prevention of a crime". Farrell (29) is not charged with rape but faces a charge of "non-prevention of a crime". On Thursday, the case was referred to the Assises Court of Gironde, and the players appealed that decision to the Bordeaux Court of Appeal, which subsequently upheld the referral of the case to the Assises Court, which is a criminal trial court.

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Munster Rugby star takes 'step back' from squad to deal with legal ... (Limerick Leader)

MUNSTER Rugby has confirmed that centre Chris Farrell has stepped back from his involvement with the squad to allow him focus on legal proceedings which ...

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Chris Farrell stood down by Munster over French court case (RugbyPass)

Ireland midfielder Chris Farrell has been stood down with immediate effect by Munster after a court decision in France on Thursday.

[Ireland](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/ireland/) honours since his 2017 move to Munster, being capped 15 times and featuring in the 2018 Grand Slam win and at the 2019 World Cup in Japan. [French media outlets have reported](https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/faits-divers-2018-2019/2018-2019/faits-divers-trois-ex-rugbymen-de-grenoble-renvoyes-devant-les-assises-pour-viol_sto9154125/story.shtml) that the case against [Rory Grice](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/rory-grice/), Loic Jammes and [Denis Coulson](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/denis-coulson/) has been referred to the criminal court following allegations that a young woman was raped following a night out after a Grenoble [Top 14](https://www.rugbypass.com/top-14/) match in Bordeaux in 2017. [A statement released by the club read](https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2022/09/23/player-update-12/): “Munster Rugby and Chris Farrell have agreed that, with immediate effect, he will be stepping back from his involvement with the Munster squad whilst legal proceedings in France, concerning his alleged involvement as a witness to an alleged crime in 2017, are on-going. [Chris Farrell](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/chris-farrell/) has been stood down with immediate effect by [Munster](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/munster/) after the [Bordeaux](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/bordeaux/) Court of Appeal confirmed on Thursday he had been charged with the alleged non-prevention of crime in the [Grenoble](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/grenoble/) rugby club rape case. [Oyonnax](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/oyonnax/) and Provence in French Pro D2, Coulson has fallen away from the professional rugby scene while Hayes is at Valence Romans, the Nationale level club. [Dylan Hayes](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/dylan-hayes/) and Irishman Farrell for “non-prevention of crime”.

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