World Cup star cops monster ban for biting

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Italian fastener Sara Tounesi has been suspended for 12 matches for biting a subordinate from Japan during a Rugby World Cup excavation lucifer successful Auckland connected Sunday.

Following the 21-8 triumph implicit Japan, which ensured Italy qualified to play France successful the quarterfinal connected Saturday, Tounsei was cited for sinking her teeth into an unnamed opponent.

Tounesi appeared earlier an autarkic judicial committee connected Monday.

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It was alleged she contravened Law 9.12 successful the Pool B match.

The citing was denied.

The autarkic disciplinary committee was chaired by the autarkic judicial sheet seat Christopher Quinlan KC, who was joined by judicial serviceman Brenda Heather-Latu (Samoa) and erstwhile All Blacks halfback Ofisa Tonu'u.

The committee considered grounds from the unfortunate – her individuality was not revealed successful the Rugby World Cup property merchandise connected Tuesday - Tounesi, and the video footage of the incident.

The committee concluded that Tounesi spot a Japanese player, an offence that merited a reddish paper and accordingly upheld the citing complaint.

The committee decided that the due introduction constituent was mid-range (18 matches) but having respect to her mitigation, reduced the authorisation to 12 matches.

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The subordinate is truthful banned from playing successful Italy's quarterfinal – their archetypal astatine a World Cup - with the remaining matches to beryllium determined erstwhile the playing schedules of Italy and the subordinate are known.

The subordinate has the close of entreaty wrong 48 hours of receiving the afloat written decision.

Italy – who offered much than a twelve full-time contracts to pistillate players earlier this twelvemonth – are astatine agelong likelihood to bushed the French.

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