Overview
- The disciplinary panel gave the Toulouse tighthead a three-week suspension that could drop to two through World Rugby’s coaching intervention programme.
- The committee kept the red card in place after finding the late tackle met the mid-range six-week entry point in the sanction table.
- At a video hearing, Aldegheri accepted the act of foul play and showed remorse, which counted as mitigation.
- Referee Matthew Carley sent him off for a late hit on France teammate Damian Penaud in a quarter-final that Bordeaux-Bègles won 30-15.
- Toulouse, leaders in France’s Top 14, will plan without their 28-cap tighthead for games against Castres and Clermont unless the course trims a week.