Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi has received a five-week ban for punching Northampton wing Chris Ashton during last Saturday’s Aviva Premiership play-off clash at Welford Road.
The suspension rules England World Cup candidate Tuilagi out of Tigers’ Premiership final appointment with Saracens on May 28.
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