Loose lips put Danny Cipriani’s hope of World Cup place in peril

Exeter Chiefs 44 Sale Sharks 16
Danny Cipriani picked a bad time to run his mouth off.

Wayne Barnes, the referee who dismissed Dylan Hartley for swearing at him during the 2013 Aviva Premiership Final, warned the England fly half over his use of foul language during Sale Sharks’ defeat by Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.

The incident occurred four days before Stuart Lancaster names his World Cup training squad.

The conduct of senior England players is in the spotlight again and Lancaster, the head coach, takes a hard line on discipline.

Cipriani did not swear at Barnes, but his language was s…