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 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’ .

On the final day of a two-week trial and ahead of the verdicts, protestors had gathered from early morning outside La Cours d'Asisses in Bordeaux.

By Priscilla Jepchumba The outcome of the legal case involving five former rugby players, including Irish player Chris Farrell, remains uncertain as a jury deli