Stade Francais prop David Attoub will have his appeal against a 70-week ban for eye-gouging heard in London on Tuesday, March 2.

JULIEN DUPUY, the Stade Francais scrum-half, will miss France’s entire Six Nations campaign after his appeal against a 24-week suspension for gouging was reduced by just seven days to 23 weeks.

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL and Luke Fitzgerald have both voiced their support of Leinster colleague Shane Jennings ahead of today’s appeal in Dublin against a 12-week ban imposed for eye-gouging in a recent Heineken Cup game against London Irish.

MUNSTER have confirmed that Alan Quinlan will lodge an appeal following his 12-week ban.

Malcolm O'Kelly has been ruled out of Leinster's crucial Heineken Cup match against Edinburgh because he has been found guilty of stamping on London Wasps and suspended for two weeks.

LEINSTER lock Malcolm O’Kelly has been cited following an incident during the province’s Heineken Cup defeat by Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday.

Leinster will run the risk of losing Malcolm O'Kelly when he appears before an independent disciplinary committee in Dublin on Thursday to answer an allegation of stamping on the head of London Wasp Phil Vickery in the Heineken Cup at Twickenham Stadium last Saturday.

The storm over lewd phone calls by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross may be partly driven by “salary envy and shadenfreude”, a senior BBC executive said today.

Two New Zealanders playing club rugby in Scotland, Justin Matheson and Josh Abraham, have been banned from the game for the maximum two years after testing positive for drugs.

Clermont-Auvergne prop Jamie Cudmore will miss the crunch Heineken Cup tie with Munster at the weekend after being banned for four weeks for a punch on London Wasps Tim Payne.

PHIL VICKERY will be available for Wasps’ crucial Heineken Cup clash against Clermont Auvergne tomorrow — despite being cited.

Phil Vickery will be available for Wasps’ crucial Heineken Cup clash against Clermont Auvergne on Saturday – despite being cited.

A disciplinary hearing over allegations of misconduct against Irish rugby star Trevor Brennan will go ahead on Friday despite his retirement from the game today.

Trevor Brennan will appear before a disciplinary hearing in Dublin today for allegedly lashing out at an Ulster fan during a Heineken Cup clash.

FORMER Ireland lock Trevor Brennan will appear before an independent disciplinary committee today accused of lashing out at an Ulster fan during a Heineken Cup clash.

Former Ireland and current Toulouse player Trevor Brennan will be requested to appear before an independent Disciplinary Committee in Dublin next week.

Munster have had an appeal against Ireland flanker Alan Quinlan’s six-week ban dismissed.

Alan Quinlan will have to wait until next Tuesday to hear his fate in an appeal against his six-week ban for stamping.

Alan Quinlan will know in the middle of next week whether he can play in Munster’s remaining Heineken Cup Pool 4 games against Bourgoin and Leicester in January.

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.

FRENCH outfit Perpignan will face an independent disciplinary committee today over complaints regarding their ticketing arrangements for the Round 2 Heineken Cup match at home to Wasps at Stade Aime Giral in October.

Biarritz's Benoit Agustin will appear before an independent disciplinary committee in Dublin on Friday, May 5 after he was cited for an incident in the Heineken Cup semi-final against Bath Rugby at the Estadio Anoeta last Saturday.

OSPREYS lock Ian Evans has been banned until mid-February after he admitted stamping on England scrum-half Harry Ellis during a Heineken Cup match.

Ospreys and Wales centre Gavin Henson was banned for 10 weeks and two days after a two-hour disciplinary hearing in Glasgow today.

Gavin Henson will go into today’s disciplinary hearing in Glasgow already feeling glum after the Ospreys were last night hammered 28-9 at home by Cardiff in the Celtic League.

THE Ospreys are ready to mount a vigorous defence of their Wales Grand Slam star Gavin Henson when he faces a potential season-defining disciplinary hearing today.

England flanker Lewis Moody will face a Six Nations disciplinary committee this afternoon along with Samoa’s Alesana Tuilagi after both players were sent off on Saturday.

The organisers of the Heineken Cup are to consider a review of their disciplinary and citing procedures after Munster's Marcus Horan was found innocent of making racist comments in a game against Neath Swansea Ospreys on October 31.

Munster prop Marcus Horan has been exonerated and vindicated in the tit-for-tat citing exchange that followed the Heineken Cup meeting of Munster and Neath-Swansea Ospreys at The Gnoll last Sunday week.

Magnus Hedman declared tonight that his team-mates will not miss manager Martin O'Neill’s presence in the dug-out for their UEFA Cup clash with Stuttgart at Parkhead on February 20

Leading sports lawyers, finance and football chiefs were gathering at Scotland’s national football stadium today to discuss the future of the game.