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French pair suspended for punching
Sunday 06th July 2008
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French pair Renaud Boyoud and Imanol Harinordoquy have both been suspended for three weeks after being found guilty of punching during France's 40-10 defeat to Australia on Saturday.
Both were found guilty of punching - in separate instances - Wallaby lock James Horwill during a first-half dust-up in the Brisbane Test.
Both pleaded guilty to the charge, and will be suspended from August 1-22 inclusive.
Judicial Officer Christopher Quinlan decided both offences were in the mid range of seriousness with the players breaching Law 10.4(a) - striking an opponent.
He found Harinordoquy threw "deliberate and repeated blows to the head/face of the Australian number four".
Boyoud was found to have struck Horwill once "but it was a significant blow, struck from behind".
The entry point for a mid-range offence is five weeks.
Mr Quinlan took into account mitigating factors, in that both players expressed regret and remorse, before reducing their periods of suspension to three weeks.
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