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Sin bin: The longest bans in rugby

Tuesday 19 January 2010 15:40 GMT
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Stade Francais prop David Attoub has been handed a 70-week ban for eye gouging by an independent judicial officer.

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While the ban is lengthy (the second-most severe to have been handed out for a gouging offence in the professional era), it is proportional considering the dangerous nature of the offence and the need to stamp it out.

Attoub joins numerous others in the oval-ball game to find themselves serving an extra long spell in the sin bin. Here we take a look at those lengthy bans.

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