Rugby-Brown's Harlequins career comes to early end after six-week ban for head stamp

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Bristol Bears v Harlequins - Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, Britain - March 27, 2021 Harlequins Mike Brown Action Images/Andrew Boyers

(Reuters) - Harlequins fullback Mike Brown's 16-year stint at the west London club will end in disappointment after he was handed a six-week suspension on Wednesday for stamping on an opponent, ruling him out of the rest of the season.

Brown was shown a red card in the 44th minute of the Harlequins' 48-46 win against the Wasps on Sunday after he trampled on the head of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor, who had held him in a ruck.