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"The panel also have the authority to add a week on for aggravating factors: this would be Farrell’s third ban in three years. The ban that Farrell received for his 2016 tackle on André Esterhuizen against South Africa at Twickenham was disregarded by the panel “due to its age”. It is expected that that precedent will continue on Tuesday."This one should work
That is incorrect. The 2016 incident was against Dan Robson/Wasps, he was suspended for just 2 weeks for this, essentially because
“In upholding the citing complaint, the committee found that Farrell had committed an act of foul play that warranted a red card,” EPCR said, in a statement. “It determined that the offence was at the low end of World Rugby’s sanctions and selected two weeks as the appropriate entry point.
“The committee added one week to the sanction as a deterrent in line with World Rugby’s memoranda regarding dangerous tackles and then reduced the sanction by one week due to the player’s clean disciplinary record, good character and excellent conduct at the hearing, before imposing a suspension of two weeks.”
Owen Farrell gets two-game ban but can play in Champions Cup final
Saracens’ Owen Farrell has joined his England team-mate Joe Marler in receiving a two-week ban after being cited for foul play during their European semi-final against Wasps
www.theguardian.com
The 2018 incident on Andre Esterhuizen was not a penalty, nor was it cited so no ban. (the only thing that came from it was Rassie learning how to do videos on social media).