Rugby-All Blacks prop Ta'avao suspended for three weeks over red card incident

Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool B - New Zealand v Namibia - Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - October 6, 2019 New Zealand's Angus Ta'avao-Matau scores their third try REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

(Reuters) - All Blacks prop Angus Ta'avao has been suspended for three weeks after he was shown a red card in their defeat by Ireland at the weekend, World Rugby said on Tuesday.

Ta'avao was sent off in the first half of the match, which All Blacks lost 23-12 in Dunedin, when he clattered head-first into Ireland centre Garry Ringrose's face.