Australian winger Lote Tuqiri has been handed a 5 match ban by a Sanzar judicial committee for his dangerous tackle on All Blacks captain Richie McCaw during Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup test match at Eden Park.

Tuqiri will miss the Wallabies final Tri-Nations game against South Africa in three weeks’ time, three games for New South Wales against the Brumbies, the Queensland Reds and the Perth Force next month and the opening game of Australia’s Northern Hemisphere tour in November against the Welsh club Ospreys.

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