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Tuesday, 24 April 2007 |
Northampton rugby player Dylan Hartley banned for six months
Northampton rugby player Dylan Hartley has been suspended for six months for assaulting two Wasps forwards by eye gouging in a Premiership match earlier this month.
Dylan Hartley, 21, was charged by an independent match commissioner with making contact with the eye areas of Jonny O'Connor, Joe Worsley and James Haskell during Saints' 35-29 defeat at Adams Park. Although he pleaded not guilty on all three counts, an RFU disciplinary panel found Dylan Hartley guilty in relation to the incidents with Haskell and O'Connor but he was cleared with regard to Worsley.
Dylan Hartley, who plays as hooker, had been a favourite for England's team for the South Africa tour and the World Cup but he will not be allowed to play again until October and his absence is also a blow to Northampton's hopes of avoiding relegation.
Dylan Hartley's ban is believed to be the longest suspension given to an England rugby player since former Bath prop Kevin Yates received a six-month ban after he was found guilty of ear-biting in 1998.
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