French international Mohamed Haouas is not expected to face disciplinary action from the country's Ligue Nationale de Rugby, despite being found guilty of attacking his wife ©Getty Images

French international Mohamed Haouas is not expected to face disciplinary action from the country's Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), despite being sentenced to a year in jail for attacking his wife.

The 29-year-old prop was handed the prison term by a Montpellier court last month but remains free as he has vowed to appeal.

French newspaper L'Equipe has reported that the LNR, which is in charge of professional rugby union clubs in France, does not intend to summon Haouas as it does not believe it can "replace justice".

The body thinks it is not its responsibility to take a position on the case, the newspaper said.

French head coach Fabien Galthié has already said that Haouas will not be considered for this year's Rugby World Cup, which France will host in September and October.

He is also in club limbo as ASM Clermont Auvergne, who he was due to join from Top 14 rivals Montpellier, have ripped up the agreement.

Haouas was accused of kicking his wife in the ankle in front of the shopping centre in Montpellier where she works, causing her to fall, and striking her in the face.

The current case is his latest legal issue after he received an 18-month suspended prison sentence in February 2022 for his part in burglaries in 2014, and for receiving a stolen car.

Mohamed Haouas was jailed for a year for attacking his wife but is planning an appeal ©Getty Images
Mohamed Haouas was jailed for a year for attacking his wife but is planning an appeal ©Getty Images

Haouas is also awaiting the verdict of a trial where he is accused of being the "leader" of a brawl 10 years ago.

Prosecutors, who did praise Haouas for "escaping a troubled youth", alleged that six defendants were like "a pack of wolves attacking a man on the ground". 

They are accused of beating him with their hands, feet and iron bars after they were allegedly attacked first.

Haouas has 16 caps for France and was part of their squad which won the Six Nations with a Grand Slam last year.

At this year's Six Nations, he was sent off for headbutting Scotland's Ben White in week three and kicked out of the tournament.

He became the first player ever to receive two red cards in the Six Nations after he punched Scotland's Jamie Ritchie in 2020.

Haouas won the European Rugby Challenge Cup with Montpellier in 2021 and the Top 14 title a year later.