Mafi suspended for seven weeks

Munster centre Lifeimi Mafi has been suspended for seven weeks after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle on Leinster's Gordon D'Arcy in the teams' Magners League clash on Saturday.

At a hearing in Ravenhill this afternoon, the IRFU's disciplinary panel found Mafi guilty under law 10.4 (e) for a dangerous tackle and decided that it was at the top end of entry for such an offence.

The hearing was chaired by Hugh Logan and he was assisted by Stephen Hilditch and Ian McIlrath.

The panel took into account the player's previous good disciplinary record before they imposed a sanction of seven weeks' suspension, up to and including Sunday, November 21.

Mafi is free to appeal.