Edinburgh prop Michele Rizzo faced a Disciplinary Hearing via video conference and was banned for four weeks after his red card last week.
A Disciplinary Panel convened in Neath, Wales to consider the red-card decision against the player resulting from Saturday's Round 4 game.
The red card was shown by referee John Lacey under Law 10.4 (h) – A player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Charging includes any contact made without use of the arms, or without grasping a player.
The Disciplinary Panel, comprising of Simon Thomas (Chair), Rhian Williams and Richard Cole (all Wales), concluded that the player was guilty of reckless rather than intentional behaviour and therefore warranted a mid-range sanction point of six weeks.
In light of the off field mitigating circumstances, the Panel applied mitigation of 40 per cent and reduced the ban to four weeks.
The player is available to play from Monday, October 23, 2017 and was reminded of his right to appeal.
Meanwhile, Munster's Fineen Wycherley was banned for three weeks after he faced a Disciplinary Hearing on Wednesday, also via video conference.
His red card was shown by referee Nigel Owens under Law 10.4 (a) – Punching or Striking: A player must not strike an opponent with the hand, arm or fist, including the elbow, shoulder, head or knee(s).
The Disciplinary Panel, comprising of Simon Thomas (Chair), Rhian Williams and Richard Cole (all Wales), concluded that the player was guilty of reckless rather than intentional behaviour and therefore warranted a mid-range sanction point of six weeks.
Considering the player and the club's arguments that the action was not intentional and the player's previous clean record, the Panel applied full mitigation of 50 per cent and reduced the ban to three weeks.
The player is available to play from Monday, October 16, 2017 and was reminded of his right to appeal.
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