Shoguns give White 14-day suspension

BRISTOL SHOGUNS last night banned their England prop Julian White for 14 days after he was sent off during a fiery Zurich Premiership clash against champions Leicester.

White’s club suspension sidelines him for the Premiership trip to Leeds next Sunday, and Bristol’s opening Heineken Cup game against Leinster in Dublin on Friday week.

White, 29, already looked like being an absentee for the Leinster match though, given that he has provisionally been summoned to appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel next Tuesday. White was dismissed for butting his England colleague and Leicester prop Graham Rowntree following an ugly flare-up.