Overview
- O’Gara was found guilty of acting against a match official for repeated dissent toward referee Jeremy Rozier during La Rochelle’s loss at Pau.
- The Ligue Nationale de Rugby set an initial two-week penalty, added a week for his disciplinary record, then removed a week for remorse and conduct at the hearing.
- The suspension covers last weekend’s Leicester match and this weekend’s Champions Cup trip to the Stormers, with O’Gara eligible to return on 14 December.
- Antoine Hastoy received a three-week ban, reduced from an initial six, after his studs-to-head incident that led to a red card 34 seconds into the match.
- La Rochelle president Vincent Merling was summoned by the committee but received no sanction.