Four-week ban for making eye contact

Bath wing Will Muir has been handed a four-week ban for making contact with the eye area of Leinster’s Josh van der Flier.

The 26-year-old was cited following the first-half incident in last weekend’s 45-20 defeat by the Irish side.

A disciplinary panel found that Muir should have been sent off for a reckless act.

But they reduced the six-week ban appropriate for a mid-range offence because of his inexperience.

Meanwhile, Sale prop Nick Schonert has been banned for two weeks for dangerous entry into a maul against Ospreys.

(BBC Sport)