Du Plessis handed three-week ban

South Africa hooker Bismarck du Plessis has been banned for three weeks following a SANZAR judicial hearing in Dunedin.

The 24-year-old was cited after yesterday’s 30-28 Tri-Nations victory against New Zealand at Carisbrook for coming into “contact with the eyes or eye area” of All Blacks flanker Adam Thomson after 11 minutes of the match.