Twelve-week ban set to rule Quinlan out of Lions tour

IT was bad enough to taste defeat in the Heineken Cup semi-final, but his misdemeanour in that same game may have cost Alan Quinlan his place on the Lions tour to South Africa.

Thu, 14 May, 2009 - 01:00

Dan Collins

34-year-old Quinlan was handed down a 12-week suspension, by an independent ERC disciplinary

committee. Quinlan has 72 hours to appeal.

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