All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster says he has no problem with Malakai Fekitoa getting a one-match suspension after a judicial hearing was held in London on Wednesday morning (NZT).

All Blacks centre Fekitoa has been banned for his high tackle on wing Simon Zebo during the controversial 21-9 win over Ireland in Dublin last Sunday, while flanker Sam Cane has been cleared of a similar charge.

Both men attended the hearing, along with Foster. All attended the All Blacks' training in Paris, where the team is preparing to play France at Stade de France on Sunday morning (NZT), before flying to London.

PHOTOSPORT.NZ Malakai Fekitoa has been banned for a week.

World Rugby's independent judiciary decided Fekitoa's swinging arm tackle on Zebo was dangerous. He received a yellow card immediately after the incident from referee Jaco Peyper. Fekitoa will now miss the test this weekend, but his withdrawal is unlikely to have unsettled the side too much because Ryan Crotty has recovered from a hamstring strain and is expected to start with Anton Lienert-Brown in the midfield.

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"We presented our case, and think we got a fair hearing," Foster said immediately upon his arrival back at the team's hotel in Paris. "Whilst we are disappointed with Malakai, he admitted that he went high and it was pretty clear and obvious that he did. "They ruled there was no intention but there was no doubt about where it hit, and we accept that. It was the same with Sam, really. It was a collision that went wrong more than anything. While it was unfortunate there was an injury, that is the nature of the game." Irish media and fans were furious after the match, believing the All Blacks tactics were outside the spirit of the game and reckoned Fekitoa and Cane should have been sent off. The judiciary, however, was not so damning. Foster said he had no issue with the citing commissioner ordering Cane to appear before the judiciary - even though the latter declared he had no case to answer. "They do what they have to do, just like the game officials," Foster said. "The game officials dealt with it well, the citing commissioner deemed otherwise and that is the nature of the process. We have no qualms with that, if you have answer to a case it is good to be able to get there and get a fair hearing. In our opinion it is the right result. "Whilst there has been a bit of noise around the scenes about it, I think a lot of that is emotional. It is nice to be able to sit down in a factual setting and work through it."

The judiciary, chaired by Antony Davies (England), alongside Derek Bevan (Wales) and John Doubleday (England), viewed video footage of the incident, listened to evidence from Fekitoa and representations on behalf of him, and reviewed all of the other evidence.

They decided the tackle warranted a red card. They conceded it was reckless rather than intentional.

They banned him for two weeks, but reduced it to one given there were no aggravating factors and noted Fekitoa's immediate acknowledgement of wrongdoing, his previous clean disciplinary record and his good conduct at the hearing.

CANE KO HIT RULED ACCIDENTAL

Sam Cane was cleared by the same judiciary of a dangerous tackle charge that left Irish centre Robbie Henshaw unconscious.

After reviewing all the evidence provided, the committee found Cane's actions were accidental and that he therefore didn't commit foul play.

Cane will miss the test against France due to a high-ankle sprain he picked up in the test against Ireland.

Meanwhile, Argentina received a boost ahead of taking on England this weekend with their goalkicking first-five Nicolás Sánchez found not guilty of striking at his hearing.

Sánchez was cited for allegedly striking an opponent just before the end of the Pumas' loss to Scotland last weekend.

In their ruling the judiciary said "although Sanchez had committed an act of foul play, he had done this as part of an attempt to free himself from the illegal grasp of an opponent and that in any event, it would not have warranted a red card, so no sanction was imposed".