Cheika hit with six-month suspended ban

Waratahs head coach Michael Cheika has been handed a suspended six-month ban for abusing a cameraman in South Africa in March.

The former Leinster and Stade Francais coach pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct in a disciplinary hearing relating to an outburst in the Waratahs’ defeat at the Sharks in Durban on March 29.

Sanzar Judicial Officer Nigel Hampton QC (New Zealand) ordered Cheika to write a letter of apology to the SuperSport cameraman. Hampton also admitted Cheika’s chequered disciplinary history also coloured the sanctions.