Julien Dupuy hopes for reduction in ban for gouging

The Stade Français half-back, who made his debut for France in June, was banned after an incident in the Heineken Cup game against Ulster at Ravenhill on Dec 12.

With Dupuy, 26, having admitted the offence, his club had expected the former Leicester player to be given a ban at the lower end of the scale. Stade had hoped for a 12-week suspension, which, with mitigating factors such as his admission and contrition, could have been halved.

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