Overview
- O’Gara was found guilty of acting against a match official for disrespecting referee Jeremy Rozier’s authority during the loss to Pau.
- Disciplinary reasoning set an initial two-week penalty, added one week for prior record, then removed one week for remorse and cooperation.
- The suspension included last weekend’s win over Leicester Tigers and rules O’Gara out of the Stormers fixture before he becomes eligible on 14 December.
- Fly-half Antoine Hastoy received a three-week ban, reduced from an initial six, after his early red card was judged reckless play.
- La Rochelle president Vincent Merling was summoned by the LNR but received no sanction.