Ireland Hooker Jerry Flannery will miss the rest of the Six Nations after he was banned for six weeks following a Six Nations disciplinary committee which upheld the citing against him for kicking an opponent in the match between France and Ireland at Stade de France on Saturday.
The independent disciplinary committee, chaired by Roger Morris (Wales), with Mike Hamlin and John Doubleday (England), considered the evidence before them, including video of the incident and found that the offending had been reckless rather than deliberate and merited a mid-range sanction under IRB Regulation 17.
The committee also took account of the guilty plea by Flannery, who acknowledged at the outset that his action warranted a red card, together with the player's remorse for the injury caused to Alexis Palisson, the France wing.
Flannery is free to commence playing again on Monday 29 March and has the right of appeal.
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