O'Kelly ruled out of Edinburgh clash

Malcolm O'Kelly has been ruled out of Leinster's crucial Heineken Cup match against Edinburgh because he has been found guilty of stamping on London Wasps and suspended for two weeks.

The most capped Ireland player appeared before an independent Disciplinary Committee in Dublin on Thursday afternoon to answer the charge of a citing arising from the Round five Heineken Cup Pool 2 match against London Wasps at Twickenham Stadium last Saturday.

The citing lodged by the Citing Commissioner for the match, Aurwel Morgan (Wales) was for an alleged stamp on London Wasps player Phil Vickery (No 3) in contravention of Law 10.4 (b).

The independent Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Rod McKenzie (Scotland) and also comprising Jean-Etienne Bernard (France) and Robert Williams (Wales), found that Malcolm O'Kelly was guilty of foul play in that he had stamped on Phil Vickery in contravention of Law 10.4 (b).

O'Kelly's actions were considered dangerous, but at the low-end of the level of seriousness for stamping.