Staff Reporter LYON, FRANCE, Sept. 27 — Namibia’s captain, Johan Deysel, has received a six-game suspension for his head-on-head tackle that caused an injury to France’s skipper, Antoine Dupont, putting Dupont’s World Cup participation in doubt. Dupont is currently recuperating from facial fracture surgery and is expected to miss the remainder of the tournament. During...
Namibia’s Johan Deysel has been suspended for at least five matches for the brutal tackle on Antoine Dupont that resulted in the France captain suffering a fractured cheekbone, World Rugby said on Tuesday. The ban was originally 12 matches but due to mitigating factors it was reduced by half and he will have another game...
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