FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Autumn Internationals - Wales vs Australia - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - November 11, 2017 Wales backs coach Rob Howley during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
(Reuters) - Former Wales assistant coach Rob Howley has apologised for breaching rugby's betting rules, saying he had "battled demons" after his sister's death.
The 49-year-old attack coach was banned for 18 months, with nine months suspended, on Monday with the sanction backdated to Sept. 16, the day he was sent home from Wales' Rugby World Cup campaign in Japan.
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