The jury are currently deliberating in the trial of the two Irishmen and three other former Grenoble players.
Prosecutors have sought a 14-year term for Irish rugby player Denis Coulson, who is on trial in France for an alleged rape in 2017.
Former Grenoble teammate and Irish rugby international Chris Farrell is also charged with failing to prevent a crime, and prosecutors are seeking a four-year sentence in his instance.
The jury is currently deliberating in the trial of two Irishmen and three other former Grenoble players.
Although the trial and testimony of the claimed victim, who was 20 at the time, were conducted behind closed doors, lawyers informed press at the Bordeaux courthouse.
According to Midi Olympique, prosecutors yesterday urged heavy prison sentences for the accused rugby players.
The jury is expected to return its decision later tonight, according to reports.
Each of the accused, including Frenchman Loick Jammes and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, who are accused of rape, and Dylan Hayes for failing to prevent the alleged rape, provided their version of events to the court this week.
As previously reported, the woman claims she was attacked in a hotel on the outskirts of Bordeaux, where the Grenoble squad stayed the night after losing a Top 14 match to local side Bordeaux-Begles.
She filed a complaint with the police, claiming she met the players in a bar with two companions and escorted them to a nightclub where they all drank heavily.
The student claimed she had no memory of how she got from the club to the hotel, where she awoke naked on a bed with a crutch pushed into her vagina.
She spotted two naked men in the room as well as others who were fully dressed.
The five individuals have rejected the charges levied against them.
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