Du Plessis given just a three-game ban for horror tackle on Munster's Kendellen

United Rugby Championship disciplinary hearing opts to cut Bulls' hooker's initial six-week ban in half despite wild WWE-style clearout  

Clean record: Bulls veteran Bismarck du Plessis had his initial ban halved due to his relatively good disciplinary record. Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Bulls hooker Bismarck du Plessis will miss just three matches for his dangerous WWE-style clearout of Munster’s Alex Kendellen last week.

There will likely be surprise in many quarters after a United Rugby Championship judicial officer deemed that Du Plessis’s initial six-week ban could be cut in half due to ‘mitigation’.