{"id":115121,"date":"2019-09-18T05:12:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=115121"},"modified":"2019-09-18T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:27:28","slug":"wales-coach-howley-booted-from-rugby-world-cup-over-betting-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wales-coach-howley-booted-from-rugby-world-cup-over-betting-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales Coach Rob Howley Booted from Rugby World Cup Over Alleged Betting Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Japan Rugby World Cup is just days away from kickoff, and the Wales team is reeling from the news that its long-time assistant coach, Rob Howley, has been sent packing for an alleged betting infringement.<\/p>\n

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The news that Wales Coach Rob Howley had become embroiled in a betting scandal saw his team\u2019s odds of lifting the Rugby World Cup drift slightly with some bookmakers. (Image: Ben Evans\/Huw Evans Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Welsh Rugby Union announced Tuesday that Howley had flown home from Japan to \u201cassist with an investigation in relation to a potential breach of World Rugby Regulation 6, specifically, betting on rugby union.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The decision was taken to act immediately in light of recent information passed to the WRU,\u201d the union added. \u201cNo further details can be provided at this stage, as this would prejudice the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WRU said it was first made aware of Howley\u2019s suspected regulatory breach last Wednesday, after being contacted by one of the gambling industry\u2019s integrity teams.<\/p>\n

Wales \u2018Shocked\u2019 By News<\/strong><\/h2>\n

World Rugby’s regulation 6.3.1 reads: “No connected person shall, directly or indirectly, bet and\/or attempt to bet on the outcome or any aspect of any connected event and\/or receive and\/or attempt to receive part or all of the proceeds of any such bet and\/or any other benefit in relation to a bet.”<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old former scrum-half represented his country 59 times as a player, 22 times as team captain. Howley has been an integral part of coach Warren Gatland\u2019s backroom team for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

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Gatland told a press conference Tuesday the team was \u201cshocked\u201d by the news, which came just six days before its opening game against Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If found guilty, Howley could face the maximum sanction of a life ban from the sport, and would join a rogues\u2019 gallery of athletes who have fallen afoul of betting violations, from baseball\u2019s Pete Rose<\/a> to soccer\u2019s Joey Barton.<\/a><\/p>\n

Who Will Win the Rugby World Cup?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rugby may not be well-known in America \u2013 at least, not since the 1920s, when the US Team won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics \u2013 but it\u2019s a big deal in other parts of the world, especially in Wales, where it\u2019s more than just the national game, but a national cultural symbol.<\/p>\n

Whether Howley\u2019s departure will affect the team on the pitch remains to be seen. Its odds of winning the tournament outright have drifted with some bookmakers following the news, although with most, Wales remains a 10\/1 joint-third favorite with Ireland.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand\u2019s All Blacks are far and away the favorites to win the World Cup, at 5\/4, with South Africa and England joint second, both at 4\/1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you want a slightly longer proposition, you can have Australia at 14\/1 with most bookies. This is certainly not a vintage \u201cWallabies\u201d team, but you can never rule out the Australians. The two-time World Cup winners looked dangerous at times in the recent Bledisloe Cup, which included a victory (followed by defeat seven days later) against the All Blacks.<\/p>\n

And if you like a real outsider, you can have the USA at 1,500\/1 \u2013 although not if you are an assistant rugby coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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