{"id":385461,"date":"2011-04-21T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/21\/gloucesters-azam-reported-to-rfu\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:42:05","slug":"gloucesters-azam-reported-to-rfu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/gloucesters-azam-reported-to-rfu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloucester&#8217;s Azam reported to RFU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50.7265469062\">\n<div readability=\"43.3528748591\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2e3b52287833_olivier.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Olivier Azam\" \/> Azam has played 238 games for Gloucester<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Gloucester hooker Olivier Azam has been cited by the Rugby Football Union for alleged foul play.<\/p>\n<p>The France international faces a charge that he struck Northampton Saints lock Adam Eustace with his head during <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/english\/9461656.stm\" title=\"Gloucester 27-15 Northampton \">his side&#8217;s 27-15 win on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old escaped punishment during the game but has now been reported by citing officer Wade Dooley.<\/p>\n<p>Azam will appear at the disciplinary panel on Wednesday, which will also see Saints lock Mark Sorenson.<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson has been reported for a dangerous tackle on Newcastle forward Tim Swinson <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/9455917.stm\" title=\"Newcastle 15-22 Northampton \">during his side&#8217;s 22-15 victory last Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Azam is found guilty he could be unavailable for next month&#8217;s Premiership play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>He has a chequered disciplinary history, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/english\/8299798.stm\" title=\"Azam's 12-week suspension upheld\">having served a 12-week ban in 2009<\/a> for kicking Saracens&#8217; Steve Borthwick and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/my_club\/gloucester\/8012688.stm\" title=\"Hooker Azam banned for nine weeks\">a nine-week suspension<\/a> in the same year for eye gouging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13163389.stm\" title=\"Gloucester's Azam reported to RFU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gloucester&#8217;s Azam reported to RFU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Azam has played 238 games for Gloucester Gloucester hooker Olivier Azam has been cited by the Rugby Football Union for alleged foul play. The France international faces a charge that he struck Northampton Saints lock Adam Eustace with his head during his side&#8217;s 27-15 win on Tuesday. The 36-year-old escaped punishment during the game but has now been reported by citing officer Wade Dooley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-385461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gloucester&#039;s Azam reported to RFU - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/gloucesters-azam-reported-to-rfu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gloucester&#039;s Azam reported to RFU - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Azam has played 238 games for Gloucester Gloucester hooker Olivier Azam has been cited by the Rugby Football Union for alleged foul play. 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