Tonga hooker Paula Ngauamo has been banned for seven weeks for kicking an opponent in the head during his team’s 31-19 win over the United States in their final Pool C match at the Rugby World Cup. The 29-year-old admitted he had committed foul play to World Rugby’s independent Judicial Committee. “The player admitted that he had kicked his opponent in the face,” the committee said in a statement. “The committee agreed and applied World Rugby’s mandatory minimum mid-range entry point … This resulted in a starting point of an eight-week suspension. The United States came last with no points.

Source: National Post October 15, 2019 07:07 UTC