Player given 14-week ban for pushing Wayne Barnes

Clermont Auvergne’s Viktor Kolelishvili has been suspended for 14 weeks after pushing referee Wayne Barnes during Friday’s European Rugby Champions Cup fixture against the Ospreys.

Player given 14-week ban for pushing Wayne Barnes

Clermont Auvergne’s Viktor Kolelishvili has been suspended for 14 weeks after pushing referee Wayne Barnes during Friday’s European Rugby Champions Cup fixture against the Ospreys.

The Georgia international pushed Barnes in the 17th minute of his team’s eventual 21-13 defeat, and was fortunate the Englishman only warned him and awarded a penalty.

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