SUSPENDED Munster flanker Alan Quinlan will know his fate on Wednesday after the appeal against his six-week ban imposed by the European Rugby Cup Ltd is heard in Dublin.

The appeal by the Munster player Alan Quinlan against his six-week suspension for stamping will be heard in Dublin on Wednesday, January 3.

Munster back-row forward Alan Quinlan has been suspended for six weeks after admitting a stamping offence during Saturday’s Heineken Cup match against Cardiff.

Munster rugby chiefs have vowed to launch a stout defence of back row forward Alan Quinlan, who appears before a Heineken Cup citing commission in Dublin this evening.

MUNSTER back row Alan Quinlan has been cited by Cardiff Blues following the Heineken Cup Round 4 Pool 4 match in Thomond Park last Saturday.

Munster's Alan Quinlan has been cited following an alleged stamping incident during the Heineken Cup match with Cardiff on Saturday.

Barnhall Bruiser Trevor Brennan lived up to his abrasive reputation in being listed as one of three Toulouse players cited for foul play in their side's Heineken Cup defeat to Ulster last Saturday.

EDDIE O’SULLIVAN’S Six Nations preparations for Saturday’s daunting trip to Paris have been hit by a citing charge against back-row Denis Leamy — but Ireland will be skippered by Brian O’Driscoll after he escaped a similar charge in the wake of the victory over Italy.

EPI TAIONE of Sale Sharks has been cited by match commissioner Iain Goodall for an alleged biting incident in Saturday’s Heineken Cup game against Munster at Thomond Park.

Ulster players Justin Harrison and Matt McCullough and Saracens' Kevin Yates have been cited.

IN a double boost for Leinster, the Disciplinary Committee of the ERC has banned Sale hooker Andy Titterrell for six weeks for a stamp on Eric Miller during last Friday’s match between the sides, while the province’s second-row Ben Gissing has been cleared of a similar charge.