PERPIGNAN // Perpignan are threatening to pull out of the Heineken Cup if their appeal against the hooker Marius Tincu's 18-week suspension for eye-gouging falls on deaf ears.
The Romanian was slapped with the heavy sanction on Tuesday after the ERC's disciplinary commission found him guilty of "making contact with the eye/eye area" of Ospreys prop Paul James during a Heineken Cup Pool Three match on Oct 18.
Perpignan claim there is insufficient evidence against Tincu and have labelled the punishment "grotesque".
* PA Sport
Defence review at a glance
• Increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 but given “turbulent times it may be necessary to go faster”
• Prioritise a shift towards working with AI and autonomous systems
• Invest in the resilience of military space systems.
• Number of active reserves should be increased by 20%
• More F-35 fighter jets required in the next decade
• New “hybrid Navy” with AUKUS submarines and autonomous vessels
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