Stade Francais duo Laurent Sempere and Paul Gabrillagues handed bans for gouging
Wednesday 2 March 2016 09:59, UK
Stade Francais hooker Laurent Sempere and lock Paul Gabrillagues have been handed suspensions for eye-gouging to take the club’s tally of players currently serving a ban for the offence to three.
Sempere was handed a 15-week ban after he was found guilty of committing the offence on Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza during the French side's 36-21 victory in the European Champions Cup on Sunday.
Second row Gabrillagues was in the dock for eye gouging prop Dan Cole and he will now serve an eight-game suspension.
The pair received their punishments after a European Rugby organisers' disciplinary commission hearing in London on Wednesday.
Sempere will miss the Champions Cup quarter-final - also against Leicester - on April 9, while Gabrillagues is due to return to action on March 21.
Another Stade player, Fijian Josaia Raisuqe, has already picked up a 15-week ban for eye gouging in his Top 14 side's 27-7 win over Munster on January 9.
Meanwhile, Leicester hooker Tom Youngs was suspended for one week for punching Stade prop Rabah Slimani during the same game.
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