Tigers coach will miss weekend fixture against NewcastleDisciplinary panel admitted it was ‘an unusual case’
Michael Cheika has been banned from Leicester’s match against Newcastle this weekend after he was found guilty of disrespecting the independent match-day doctor following his first match in charge of the Tigers.
Cheika was handed a two-week suspension, one of which is suspended, after a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing that finished late on Tuesday night.
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