Gloucester’s Dave Attwood has been banned for 9 weeks for stamping on La Rochelle prop Petrisor Toderasc, ruling him out of half of England’s Six Nations campaign.

The ERC hearing found that the offence was in the top-end range of the level of seriousness for an offence of this type and decided on an entry point of 18 weeks.

However, “having taken into account mitigating factors, including Mr Attwood’s guilty plea, clean record, clear remorse and exemplary conduct at the hearing, the Judicial Officer reduced the period of suspension by the maximum amount of 50 per cent and suspended the player for a period of nine weeks.”

Here is a clip of the incident: