Exeter coach does not want accidental collisions to lead to redsWorcester’s Hill and Leicester’s Kelly receive three-match bansTwo
England squad players have been banned for three games each, adding to the debate about the consistency of
sanctions at the elite end of the game. Worcester’s Ted Hill and Leicester’s Dan Kelly have both received three-match suspensions but the two cases underline the slim disciplinary margins under which players now operate.
Hill, Worcester’s captain, was handed a red card five minutes from the end of the defeat against Gloucester for a tip tackle immediately after taking a raised boot to the neck from the Cherry and Whites’ replacement Lloyd Evans. The 22-year-old flanker’s actions were accepted to be unintentional, with the disciplinary panel admitting it was “a slightly unusual” incident which had caused no injury to his opponent, but he was still handed a three-game ban.