Harlequins’ Mike Brown handed six-week ban after head stamp

A disciplinary hearing decided that the accidental stamp warranted a high end sanction of 12 weeks, reduced to six, effectively bringing Brown’s career at Harlequins to an end

Mike Brown will not play for Harlequins again (Getty Images)

Mike Brown’s Harlequins career is over after he was given a six-week ban for stamping on the head of Tommy Taylor.

Brown was sent off for the incident that took place four minutes into the second-half of Saturday’s dramatic 48-46 Gallagher Premiership victory over Wasps at Twickenham Stoop.

A disciplinary hearing decided that the accidental stamp warranted a high end sanction of 12 weeks which was reduced to six because of his unblemished disciplinary record and admission of guilt.

Even if Harlequins reach the Gallagher Premiership play-offs Brown will not be involved with only four rounds of the regular season left to play.

England’s most capped full-back joins Newcastle during the summer, meaning his 16-year career at Quins has come to an end.

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