England's Devoto handed four-week ban for high tackle


FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs - Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, Britain - April 6, 2019 Exeter's Ollie Devoto in action Action Images/Andrew Boyers/

(Reuters) - England centre Ollie Devoto has been handed a four-week ban for a high tackle that will rule him out of the remainder of the Six Nations, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Thursday.

A disciplinary panel found him guilty of a high tackle while playing for Exeter Chiefs against Harlequins in the Premiership.

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