Baby banned for headbutting O'Driscoll

France centre Benoit Baby has been handed a four-week ban for headbutting Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll in the RBS 6 Nations fixture between the teams in Dublin last Saturday.

France centre Benoit Baby has been handed a four-week ban for headbutting Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll in the RBS 6 Nations fixture between the teams in Dublin last Saturday.

The 21-year-old Baby made a try-scoring debut for the French in the 26-19 win at Lansdowne Road but the ban will rule him out of the final match with Italy in Rome.

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