Two-week ban for White

Apr 7 2009

Leicester prop Julian White has received a two-week ban for punching his England colleague Andrew Sheridan.

It means the 35-year-old will miss Tigers' Heineken Cup quarter-final against Bath on Saturday, followed by the Guinness Premiership trip to Saracens eight days later.

White, though, will be available for Leicester's probable Premiership title push through the play-offs and the Heineken Cup semi-finals next month.

He was sent off by referee Wayne Barnes mid-way through the first-half of Leicester's 37-31 league victory over Sale Sharks at Welford Road last weekend.

It was White's fourth red card in seven years, although his action appeared to be a retaliatory one.

White was dealt with by a three-man Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel that sat in London on Tuesday under the chairmanship of His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett.