Wales flanker Alex Mann reflects on eye-gouge incident that rocked world rugby

'It wasn’t the truth' - Alex Mann breaks silence on Eben Etzebeth eye-gouge and social media backlash

Alex Mann has broken his silence about the eye-gouging incident that occurred during the Test match between Wales and the Springboks.

Mann opens up on Eben eye gouge

Alex Mann has finally broken his silence on the eye-gouging incident in last November’s Test between Wales and the Springboks. The Wales flanker found himself at the centre of a global storm after Bok lock Eben Etzebeth was red-carded for eye gouging in the dying minutes of the match at a rain-soaked Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with the visitors leading 73-0. Etzebeth was later handed a 12-week ban, ruling him out until April, and issued a pu…

Wales flanker Alex Mann reflects on eye-gouge incident that rocked world rugby

The flashpoint between South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth and Wales’s Alex Mann. Photo Andrew Matthews/PA Wire. Simon Thomas Wales star Alex Mann has spoken for the first time about the eye-gouging incident which saw double World Cup winner Eben Etzebeth banned for 12 weeks. Etzebeth stuck his thumb into Mann’s left eye in the dying minutes of the Principality Stadium clash between Wales and South Africa in November. That saw the 141-cap Springboks se…