Overview
- An independent disciplinary committee on November 26 upheld the red card under Law 9.20a, chaired by Wang Shao-ing with Bogdan Zebega and Val Toma.
- The suspension is scheduled to cover Leinster’s URC trip to Dragons on November 28 and Champions Cup games against Harlequins on December 6 and Leicester Tigers on December 12.
- World Rugby’s Coaching Intervention Programme may substitute the final match of the sanction, creating a route for a possible return for the Leicester fixture.
- Referee Matthew Carley’s on‑field yellow for Ryan’s ruck clearout on Malcolm Marx was upgraded to a red after a bunker review by foul‑play review officer Dan Jones.
- The clearout led to Tadhg Beirne’s try being disallowed in Ireland’s 13–24 defeat to South Africa in Dublin.