Leicester Tiger’s Harry Ellis has been banned for six weeks for what has been described as a ‘dangerous tackle’ on New Zealand captain Dan Carter.
Ellis has already been given a one week ban by Leicester and the club are disappointed that he has been punished with such a lengthy suspension.
A club statement read, “We are very disappointed that what we saw as a clumsy tackle has been characterised by the panel as an offence at the top end of the range of offending.”