Overview
- A Nations Championship disciplinary panel set an eight-week entry sanction and then reduced it by 50% to four weeks after Kuruvoli accepted the charge and the committee noted his conduct, record and remorse.
- Kuruvoli was shown a red card following a review that found he struck England prop Ellis Genge in the chest during the Liverpool match, leaving Fiji with 14 players for the second half.
- The suspension rules him out of Fiji’s upcoming test against Scotland at Murrayfield and three September fixtures for his French club RC Vannes.
- England defeated Fiji 73-8 in the match where the incident occurred, and Fiji sit bottom of the Southern Hemisphere Nations Championship standings after defeats to England and Wales.
- Rugby’s disciplinary system applies fixed entry points for physical abuse and commonly halves bans when players admit guilt and show mitigating factors, a process that will leave Kuruvoli sidelined and force Fiji and RC Vannes to adjust their selections.