Cardiff Blues’ Matthew Rees handed seven-week suspension for stamping

• Charge of stamping on Harlequins’ Nick Easter in European Cup tie upheld• Sanction reduced to seven weeks from 12 because of Rees’s guilty pleaThe former Wales captain Matthew Rees has received a seven-week ban for stamping on the Harlequins and England No8 Nick Easter.The Cardiff Blues hooker Rees was sent off following the incident, which happened seven minutes from time during Blues’ European Challenge Cup defeat against Quins at the Arms Park last Thursday. Continue reading...