Two-year ban shellshocks Munster
However, the decision by Sheahan and his legal team last night to appeal the ban means that the case is not over yet and it may be some time yet before it is finished one way or another.
The player was last night said to be "completely devastated" by the ERC's independent Judicial Tribunal decision and fellow Munster players and officials were "shellshocked" as they digested the news.