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Zebre hooker Oliviero Fabiani handed nine-week ban for biting

By PA Sport

Thursday 27 October 2016 10:46, UK

Oliviero Fabiani out of action until the new year
Image: Oliviero Fabiani is banned until January

Zebre hooker Oliviero Fabiani has been banned for nine weeks for biting Connacht lock forward Quinn Roux.

Fabiani, who pleaded guilty to the offence at an independent disciplinary hearing in London, was sent off in the 29th minute of his club's 52-7 defeat in the European Champions Cup at Parma last weekend.

The Italy international, who has yet to decide whether to appeal the decision, will now be out of action until January 9.

Brive's South African lock Johan Snyman (C) banned for five weeks
Image: Brive's South African lock Johan Snyman (C) banned for five weeks

At the same hearing, the committee handed out a five-week suspension to Brive second-row Johan Snyman for a dangerous tackle on Worcester Warriors' Tom Heathcote in Brive's 25-24 European Rugby Challenge Cup victory at Sixways.

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