Six Nations
Pascal Pape cited for knee on Heaslip
ESPN Staff
February 16, 2015
Pascal Pape is issued his marching orders © Getty Images
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France lock Pascal Pape has been cited for the incident that led to him receiving a yellow card during their 18-11 loss to Ireland on Saturday.

Pape was sin-binned in the 54th minute after he kneed Ireland No.8 Jamie Heaslip in the back. He will face a Six Nations disciplinary committee later this week.

Post-match France coach Philippe Saint-Andre was asked about the incident and said "when you watch the images of the incident I don't think you can say it was deliberate".

He later added the incident occurred at a "pivotal moment" in the match. Saint-Andre said: "I said to Pascal you received a yellow card just at the moment we were gaining the upper hand both physically and territorially as we were in their 22.

"Although we didn't concede many points it was still a pivotal moment. You expect something like that from an inexperienced player, not one with over 50 Tests under his belt. It was the worst possible moment for that to happen."

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