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French forwards get three week ban
Jul 6, 2008
French forwards Renaud Boyoud and Imanol Harinordoquy have been suspended for three weeks for ugly punches on Wallabies lock James Horwill at Suncorp Stadium.
Horwill was sent to hospital for scans on his eye socket after being struck by both Boyoud and Harinordoquy during a wild first-half brawl in the Wallabies 40-10 win last night.
English judicial officer Christopher Quinlan handed down the sentences, to commence from the start of the French season on August 1, after both pleaded guilty to striking .
No.8 Harinordoquy threw a flurry of upper cuts at the Australian lock.............
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