England winger Mark Cueto faces the prospect of a lengthy ban after he was today cited by the Rugby Football Union for “making contact with the eye or eye area” of Northampton’s Christian Day during Sale’s Aviva Premiership match on April 2.

BOURGOIN second row Julien Pierre is due to appear before an independent Disciplinary Committee in Dublin next week as a result of a citing arising from the Heineken Cup clash against Munster in Geneva last Sunday.

France's stand-in captain Olivier Magne could face a lengthy ban when he appears at a Six Nations disciplinary hearing in London on Tuesday.