Cipriani fined £2,000 by club for Jersey assault

Gloucester Rugby player Danny Cipriani has been fined £2,000 by his club and will have to complete 10 hours of community service, as punishment for assaulting a bouncer in Jersey last week.

Gloucester Rugby say half the fine will be paid to the club’s chosen charity, Pied Piper, a charity raising money and awareness for sick and disabled children in Gloucestershire and the other half will be paid to Restart Rugby, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association.

Cipriani was arrested in the early hours of last Wednesday (15th August 2018) morning and was later charged with assaulting police and a bouncer during an incident at the Royal Yacht nightclub.

He was fined £1,500 for resisting arrest, £500 for assault on a doorman and £250 in compensation for bruising a female officer, by Jersey Magistrate's Court.

In addition to his club and the court's fines, Cipriani will be required to undertake an additional 10 hours of community service and he will work with Gloucester Rugby’s community staff coaching local children, and will be contributing to the fantastic voluntary work that the Gloucester Academy staff and players do with the homeless in the City.