Nathan Hughes’ appeal against three-week ban upheld by RFU
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• Red card incident against George North deemed accidental• Loose-forward is free to play immediately• Hughes sent off in Northampton defeatNathan Hughes has won his appeal against the three-week ban for kneeing George North in the head during Wasps’ 52-30 Aviva Premiership defeat to Northampton.Hughes was controversially sent off and slapped with a ban after failing in a last-ditch attempt to stop North scoring a try in Northampton’s victory on 27 March. The Wales wing was concussed in the incident and subsequently stood down for a month by neurologists, while Wasps launched an immediate appe…





