Saracens' Jacques Burger faces hearing following incident in Racing Metro game
Wednesday 8 April 2015 13:50, UK
Saracens' Jacques Burger has been cited for striking a Racing Metro player during Sunday's European Champions Cup tie.
Match commissioner Eugene Ryan reported Burger for striking Maxime Machenaud just before half-time in a quarter-final won 12-11 by Saracens.
The flanker will face a disciplinary hearing on Thursday, and the low-end punishment for a proven offence is a two-week suspension.
Welshman Simon Thomas has been appointed independent judicial officer for Burger's case.
Saracens return to Premiership action this weekend against Leicester before a Champions Cup semi-final against another French side, Clermont Auvergne, on April 18.
