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Tuesday 22 October 1996 00:02 BST

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Llanelli are to appeal against the 60-day suspension imposed on their flanker Iwan Jones, who was sent off while playing against Pau in the Heineken European Cup on Saturday.

Bath are expressing an interest in the Argentinian front row forward Federico Mendez, who gained notoriety as a teenager six years ago by being sent off at Twickenham for punching the England lock Paul Ackford.

Will Green, the Wasps prop, has been brought into the England training squad for tomorrow's session at Marlow to replace the injured Coventry forward Rob Hardwick.

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