URC social media post regarding Aled Summerhill
First Team News | 23rd March 2022
Cardiff Rugby were appalled by a social media post regarding Aled Summerhill, which appeared on an official United Rugby Championship channel earlier today.
The video post made light of a collision against Emirates Lions in which, Summerhill lost consciousness and was subsequently stood down from the following URC fixture.
As soon as the club were made aware of this post, senior URC officials were contacted, who were equally appalled and immediately removed the post.
The URC have been in contact with the club and Summerhill to offer their unreserved apologies and are now investigating the post and reviewing their processes.
Player welfare and safety is of paramount importance and the post was not in line with the core values of the URC or Cardiff Rugby.
We thank the URC for their swift manner in dealing with this lack of judgement, their subsequent actions and apologies to the player.