Genge denies headbutt on Wales’ Francis
England prop Ellis Genge has denied headbutting Tomas Francis in Saturday’s 24-13 Autumn Nations Cup victory over Wales in Llanelli.
Footage of Genge’s tussle with Francis that took place in the closing stages of the Parc y Scarlets showdown has been circulated on social media.
The incident was missed by French referee Romain Poite and the citing commissioner has a deadline of 24 hours after the final whistle to initiate disciplinary proceedings.
Genge, however, has said on socialmediathathehasnocase to answer.
“Thanks for all the Twitter TMO reviews, but I didn’t headbutt anyone, thanks for all the messages of support – love this group!” the Leicester prop said.
Meanwhile, Johnny Williams has urged Wales fans to keep their patience and he says that Wayne Pivac’s squad will “keep moving forward.”
Wales’ latest defeat was their seventh in nine Tests since Pivac succeeded Warren Gatland last year.
It was Wales’ strongest performance of a difficult Nations Cup campaign, though, with try-scoring Scarlets centre Williams the stand-out player on only his second Test match appearance.
Wales end the tournament with a play-off game against Italy next weekend, and then it is just nine weeks to an opening Guinness Six Nations encounter against Ireland.
“I know fans have been going nuts and stuff, but just keep your patience with us. We will keep building,” Williams said.
“We are building for 2023 (World Cup), and there is definitely a good mix of youth and experience.Wearejustgoingto get better and better. We have made up a lot of ground, and we will keep moving forward.”