Pape cited for knee-strike
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France lock Pascal Pape will appear before a Disciplinary Committee "later this week" following his yellow card in last Saturday's Six Nations defeat against Ireland.
The 34-year-old Frenchman has been cited for kneeing Jamie Heaslip in the back, leaving the Ireland forward to limp off as Pape was sent to the sin-bin by referee Wayne Barnes.
Reports on Sunday suggested Heaslip had suffered a suspected broken vertebra, but Les Bleus coach Philippe Saint-Andre claimed Pape's ugly challenge was an accident.
"When you watch the images of the incident I don't think you can say it was de…
The 34-year-old Frenchman has been cited for kneeing Jamie Heaslip in the back, leaving the Ireland forward to limp off as Pape was sent to the sin-bin by referee Wayne Barnes.
Reports on Sunday suggested Heaslip had suffered a suspected broken vertebra, but Les Bleus coach Philippe Saint-Andre claimed Pape's ugly challenge was an accident.
"When you watch the images of the incident I don't think you can say it was de…
