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Byrne to appeal two-week ban
Saturday, 30 January 2010Ospreys and Wales full-back Lee Byrne is to appeal his two-week ban imposed after he entered the field as an illegal 16th player.
Byrne was suspended by a European Rugby Cup independent disciplinary committee in Dublin yesterday, ruling him out of Wales' RBS 6 Nations opener against England at Twickenham next Saturday.
Byrne was punished after he featured for almost a minute during the Ospreys' Heineken Cup victory over Leicester seven days ago, while the Welsh region were fined €25,000.
But Byrne is now to appeal, with Wales coach Warren Gatland delaying his team announcement for the England clash, which he had been due to make on Sunday evening.
