WELSH RUGBY UNION STATEMENT
The Wales team announcement ahead of the RBS 6 Nations opening clash with England at Twickenham on Saturday 6th February is to be rescheduled.
Head coach Warren Gatland had intended to name his side tomorrow, Sunday 31st January, but will now wait pending a possible appeal by Lee Byrne of an independent Disciplinary Committee decision to ban the player for a period of 2 weeks.
The ban was imposed yesterday, Friday 29 January, at a hearing in Dublin after Misconduct complaints were brought by Heineken Cup tournament organiser ERC relating to the round 6 match of the competition between Ospreys and Leicester Tigers the previous week.
Byrne has a period of 72 hours from the time the decision was made to lodge an appeal and is currently taking advice while based at national team headquarters, the WRU National Centre of Excellence at the Vale Resort in Hensol.
A new time and date for the team announcement will be issued when appropriate and no further comment will be made on the subject at this stage.
