Audebert handed eight-week ban
PA Sport
January 24, 2008

Clermont Auvergne flanker Alexandre Audebert has received an eight-week ban after being found guilty of foul play during his team's Heineken Cup clash against Munster earlier this month.

Audebert, 30, was cited by Italian match commissioner Achille Reali for stamping on Munster fly-half Ronan O'Gara and punching O'Gara's team-mate Alan Quinlan.

Both citings were upheld, although no separate suspension was imposed for the punching incident because a three-man disciplinary panel sitting in Dublin today felt it did not warrant a red card.

Audebert, capped twice by France in 2000 and 2002, cannot play again until March 20. He has the right to appeal.

In another blow for the Top 14 side, No.8 Elvis Vermeulen and centre Marius Joubert have been called to the judiciary for alleged foul play in the Heineken Cup clash with Llanelli Scarlets last weekend.

The citings against Vermeulen and Joubert are for alleged contact with the eye/eye area of Scarlets flanker Gavin Thomas

The citings were lodged outside the 50-hour citing window following a request by the Citing Commissioner, Budge Pountney (England), to extend the deadline.

The request will therefore be reviewed by Professor Lorne Crerar, Chairman of the independent Disciplinary Panel, who will determine whether the citing should go forward to an independent Disciplinary Committee.

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