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Wasps' Eastmond gets six-week ban

The 28-year-old appeared before an independent disciplinary panel. 

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He was shown a red card by referee Wayne Barnes for a dangerous tackle on Harlequins' Marcus Smith contrary to law 9.13 in the 17th minute.

Eastmond was also cited by independent citing commissioner Paul Burke for a separate dangerous tackle on Harlequins' Ross Chisholm contrary to law 9.13 in the 15th minute of the same match.

Eastmond pleaded guilty to the charges. He was given a six-week suspension and is free to play again on April 17.

Panel chairman Sean Enright said: "The panel determined that each individual offence merited a mid-range entry point of six weeks.

"Thereafter the player was entitled to full 50% mitigation on account of his guilty plea, clear record and remorse for both incidents.

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"This reduced the sanction on each charge to three weeks. The panel determined that these periods should run consecutively meaning a total ban of six weeks.

 

"We were satisfied that the running of the sanctions consecutively was proportionate to the level of overall offending to all of the circumstances,"

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