England centre Manu Tuilagi has already completed a four-week ban for a dangerous tackle on George North in the same game. That ban expired on 14 April.
Joe Marler WILL NOT miss a single game despite lengthy ban
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England and Harlequins loosehead prop Joe Marler will be free to play as soon as the rugby season resumes, according to a report in The Times.
The now infamous incident occurred just 10 minutes into the clash with Wales in the Six Nations and was hotly debated on on social media at the time.
It led to a disciplinary hearing where Marler received a 10-week ban for the incident which should have resulted in a red card according to the committee. According to the newspaper, decision was reached after a secret Six Nations disciplinary review permitted the England prop to serve his full ten-week ban without missing a match.
Under World Rugby guidelines, each week of a ban should correspond to a match, with Marler's suspension set to cover a 12-week period during which the Harlequins player had been due to play 10 times.
The ban expires on 7 June and that time frame will not change despite the suspension in play due to the pandemic having wiped out the fixtures which Marler was due to miss.