Rugby lock Curtis Gregory cuts 15-week ban to 8 weeks on appeal
The Ebbw Vale player’s suspension followed a stamp on Llandovery captain Joe Powell’s leg. His successful appeal makes him eligible to return on 20 December 2026.
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Ebbw Vale rugby lock Curtis Gregory has successfully appealed an independent panel’s 15-week suspension for stamping on an opponent, reducing the ban to 8 weeks, BBC Sport said. The case went through the Welsh Rugby Union’s disciplinary process.
Referee Craig Evans gave Gregory a straight red card for stamping on the leg of Llandovery captain Joe Powell during a Super Rygbi Cymru match. WeTalkRugby dates the sending-off to 22 October 2026 at Church Bank in Llandovery.
A report carried by lite.apex-football.com said Powell escaped without injury. WeTalkRugby said he got up and continued playing.
Which games Gregory will miss
BBC said the reduced suspension still rules Gregory out of Ebbw Vale’s Super Rygbi Cymru games and two matches for invitational side Crawshays XV, which had selected him to face Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He becomes eligible to play again on 20 December 2026.
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