Owen Farrell will miss Saracens’ Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster after being issued with a five-match ban for his dangerous tackle against Wasps on Saturday. Farrell was dismissed for a high and reckless tackle on 18-year-old replacement full-back Charlie Atkinson, who was knocked out and will not train for at last two weeks because of concussion protocols. Disciplinary | Owen Farrell receives five-match suspension. “This was a totally unacceptable contact with the neck/head of Charlie Atkinson as a result of a reckless tackle which had the consequences of him being knocked unconscious and sustaining a concussion. McCall revealed on Tuesday that the Lions star was “incredibly regretful”, adding that “Owen got the tackle wrong, there’s no question about that”.

Source: Express September 08, 2020 22:52 UTC