Mat Luamanu suspended for five weeks

Harlequins forward Mathew Luamanu has been given a five-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Exeter’s Will Hooley.

Luamanu received a yellow card in the first half of his team’s win over Exeter in the Anglo-Welsh Cup on Saturday for a tackle on the opposition fly-half Will Hooley.

Chairman of the RFU discipline panel, Sir James Dingemans said: "The panel upheld the citing, concluding that Mathew Luamanu had committed a dangerous tackle because he had made contact with his head, having been reckless within the meaning of RFU Regulation 19.11.8(b) and Appendix 5. The panel imposed a suspension of five weeks."

The 27-year-old is free to play again on 13 December.