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Tomas O'Leary has been banned for three weeks following his red card in London Irish's 23-20 win over London Wasps.

But Exiles' scrum-half will only miss two matches - at home to Leicester Tigers on Sunday and away to Exeter Chiefs the following Saturday - as the club have no fixture the following week.

O'Leary, who is free to play again from March 11, was sent off for raking a boot down on the head of Wasps’ flanker James Haskell 10 minutes into the second half of Saturday's Premiership match at Adams Park.

The alleged 'stamping' incident was referred to a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel, which was chaired by Jeremy Summers, in London tonight.

RFU disciplinary rules recommend a ban of between two to nine or more weeks for stamping on an opponent.

O'Leary's good disciplinary record counted in his favour.

Gloucester's Nick Wood was banned for eight weeks by the RFU for stamping on Saracens' Jacques Burger earlier this season.

Irish's director of rugby Brian Smith said immediately after the incident: "Whenever a scrum-half is trying to free the ball, they can be a bit over vigorous. He put his hand up, so we don't have any complaints."