Australia’s Samu Kerevi Suspended, Set to Miss Scotland Autumn Test

Australia centre Samu Kerevi will not participate in Sunday’s Autumn Test against Scotland at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. He has been issued a three-game ban for a dangerous tackle committed during the recent win over Wales. Kerevi, who achieved his 50th Test cap for the Wallabies at the Principality Stadium last Sunday, was initially given a yellow card for foul play on Wales’ Jac Morgan. This was later escalated to a red card early in the second half of the game. The red card decision was upheld after the 31-year-old presented his case to an independent three-member disciplinary committee on Tuesday. The committee initially handed Kerevi a six-week mid-range suspension. This was subsequently reduced to three weeks owing to mitigating circumstances. “In light of the player accepting he committed an act of foul play as well as other mitigating factors such as his clean disciplinary record, his remorse and good conduct, they have applied the full 50% reduction in sanction, thus reducing the final sanction to three weeks/matches,” a statement said.