WATCH: Vaipulu handed a six week ban for this tackle vs. Exeter Chiefs
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WATCH: Vaipulu handed a six week ban for this tackle vs. Exeter Chiefs
Castres loose forward Maama Vaipulu has been handed a six-week suspension and will miss Tonga's November tests.
The suspension does mean he will be available for the next round of Champions Cup fixtures.
Vaipulu was sent off by referee John Lacey and cited for a first-half shoulder (Law 9.12) to the chin of Luke Cowan-Dickie during Castres’ home win over Exeter Chiefs.
The disciplinary panel, chaired by Ireland’s Jennifer Donovan, determined that the offence warranted a top-end entry-point sanction and an initial 10-week suspension.
The back rower's guilty plea and an early expression of remorse, the committee reduced the ban by four weeks.
Maama Vaipulu has been sent off for Castres...
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