Michael Cheika has been banned from Leicester’s match against Newcastle on Saturday after he was found guilty of disrespecting the independent match-day doctor during his first match in charge of the Tigers. Cheika was handed a two-week suspension, one of which is suspended, after a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing that finished late on Tuesday.
The Australian had been charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game and while the disciplinary panel admitted it was “an unusual case”, it said the “decisions of the independent match-day doctor must be respected”.
