Chance Peni banned for 5-weeks

Brumbies winger Chance Peni has been given a five-week ban for a dangerous high tackle on All Black and Crusaders outside back Israel Dagg in a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

Dagg was forced from the pitch and failed a concussion test after Peni caught him with a forearm smash to the head as he landed after collecting a cross-kick in the 19th minute of the match in Canberra.

The 29-year-old now faces another spell on the sidelines after he fell awkwardly and injured his right knee.

He missed the tail end of the All Blacks' test programme last season to have a second surgery on the same knee which he had initially injured earlier in the year.

Peni received some credit from the disciplinary panel for showing immediate concern for Dagg, but two previous offences in the last 12 months ensured the penalty remained at the higher end of the scale.