Chris Ashton penalised for dragging Luke Marshall down by the face

Following the heavy suspension of Fijian Josaia Raisuqe last week for an alleged eyegouge when making contact with the face of an opposition player, Saracens winger Chris Ashton may count himself lucky to have only been penalised for this incident against Ulster at the weekend. While it looked completely innocuous at first, players cannot grab other players by the head and drag them to the floor. This has been a hot topic in the last year, with 'neck rolls' in particular being heavily policed at the Rugby World Cup. Regardless of possible neck damage, there is also the chance that contact mi…