A French court Friday jailed three rugby players formerly with French side Grenoble for 12 to 14 years over the 2017 gang rape of a student after a drunken night out.

The woman, who was a student at the time, reported the incident to police within hours of leaving the hotel. Coulson, Jammes and Grice were twice questioned by police, and placed under formal investigation a month later. They were charged and sent to trial in June 2019, but appealed the decision.

Former Ireland U20 rugby international Denis Coulson has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of the rape of a woman in Bordeaux, France, in 2017. Dublin-born Coulson, who also played for Connacht and French side Stade Français ...

Former Irish rugby player Denis Coulson has been sentenced by a court in France to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of raping a woman in ­Bordeaux in 2017.

Former Ireland U-20 player Denis Coulson has been found guilty of the rape of a woman in 2017. He was sentenced to 14 years in jail in a Bordeaux courtroom on Friday evening. Former Ireland and Munster star Chris Farrell was sentenced to four years, with two years suspended for his ‘failure to prevent a crime’ .

IRISH RUGBY PLAYER Denis Coulson has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of the 2017 gang rape of a student in France. Coulson and Loick Jammes of France were both jailed for 14 years by a French court on Friday, while Rory Grice of New Zealand was given a 12-year sentence.

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