The Glasgow lock was cited for an alleged breach of Law 10.4 (h) (dangerous charging into a ruck) after Saturday's match against Benetton Treviso in Italy. The panel upheld the citing.
While considering that the severity on this occasion that the offence merited a low-end entry point (two weeks), the panel took into account the player's previous record for similar offences over the last two months and determined that the appropriate sanction was a suspension of three weeks, the player will be free to be play after the January 22, 2017.