Paris (AFP)
Geoffrey Doumayrou, the center of the Stade Rochelais sanctioned with a red card for dangerous tackle on January 25 against Montpellier, received a five-week suspension on Wednesday.
The commission found him guilty of "dangerous games" for, in particular, "lifting an opponent from the ground and having dropped or pushed him to the ground" during the Top 14 meeting.
Doumayrou could be back on a lawn from March 23. He therefore misses four matches of the French championship, against Stade Français, Toulon, Racing and Bordeaux-Bègles, and should return on March 28, to Brive.
The suspension is accompanied by a suspended fine of 1,000 euros, for contestation at the same meeting. By the way, his club received a reprimand for the same facts.
The commission also sanctioned a three-week suspension Marc-Antoine Rallier, hooker of Castres Olympique, also excluded for a shoulder load on the head of Antonie Claasen against Racing 92. He misses only one meeting of Top 14, in Agen.
John Ulugia, New Zealand hooker from Clermont sanctioned with a yellow card against Stade Français, misses him three games, against Pau, Bordeaux-Bègles and Agen. He will be able to return from March 1.
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