DLSP prop hit with ten-year ban for misconduct

DLSP’s Mark Kavanagh has been hit with a whopping ten-year rugby ban by the IRFU’s Leinster branch after an incident in Palmerstown’s Metropolitan Cup clash with Monkstown last week.

A special disciplinary hearing found that the prop was guilty of misconduct, bringing the game into disrepute and physical abuse of the referee, Simon Rogan.

Said branch secretary Dorothy Collins: “Physical and verbal abuse of match officials will not be tolerated in Leinster Rugby. The sentence confirms that stance and we hope that it will prevent future incidents from occurring.”