Overview
- The EPCR disciplinary committee suspended the lock for four weeks after finding his tackle on Toulouse’s Peato Mauvaka met the red-card threshold.
- Andrews was initially shown a yellow card by referee Andrew Brace before being cited by match Citing Commissioner Stefano Marrama.
- The committee selected a six-week mid-range entry point under World Rugby guidelines and reduced it by two weeks due to limits on mitigation.
- He is eligible to return on 23 February, or on 9 February if he completes World Rugby’s coaching intervention programme.
- The case was heard by a panel chaired by Philippe Cavalieros with Ken Owens and Attie Heyns, while a separate ruling saw Montauban’s Ru-Hann Greyling banned for three weeks.