It is a press release that will go down in the history of the club. Oyonnax Rugby announced this Thursday that it was parting ways with two of its players, convicted of their involvement in gang rape. “Having learned of the criminal convictions handed down against the two players, the members of the Council unanimously took the decision to terminate the contracts of Rory Grice and Chris Farrell”, specifies the club.
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Rory Grice, a 34-year-old New Zealand third row, was sentenced on December 13 by the Gironde Assize Court to 12 years in prison for having raped a young woman in 2017 in Bordeaux, after a very alcoholic evening which followed a Grenoble match in the Top 14.
Five players involved in total
Two other former Grenoble players, the Irishman Denis Coulson, now retired, and the Frenchman Loïck Jammes, who plays in Aix-en-Provence in Pro D2, were sentenced to 14 years in prison. The Irishman Chris Farrell (31 years old) and the New Zealander Dylan Hayes (30 years old, retired), were sentenced to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, for having witnessed all or part of the events without intervening.
Grice, who appealed the decision, arrived at Oyonnax in 2017. Farrell, who did not appeal, signed for Ain in 2023 after a spell at Munster. Loïck Jammes, who also appealed, has played for the Provence Rugby club since 2019. The latter had announced “reserving the right to make additional decisions” against his hooker, while ensuring “obviously respecting the possibility of appeal” .
