{"id":518683,"date":"2026-04-08T01:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:50:07","slug":"maa-nonu-banned-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/518683\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma&#8217;a Nonu BANNED with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toulon have been dealt a major blow ahead of their Investec Champions Cup quarter-final showdown with the Glasgow Warriors, with veteran centre\u00a0Ma\u2019a Nonu\u00a0ruled out through suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50 Save us to your <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bziEdo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Favourites <\/a>for nonstop RUCK content!<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old midfield enforcer has been hit with a three-week ban following his late tackle on Stormers centre\u00a0Wandisile Simelane\u00a0during their last-16 clash at Stade Mayol.<\/p>\n<p>Nonu was initially shown only a yellow card for the 79th-minute incident, but it didn\u2019t end there. The tackle was subsequently reviewed and cited, dragging the former All Black into a disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Facing the panel, Nonu admitted his actions warranted a red card. Officials agreed, confirming he had breached Law 9.13 for a dangerous tackle.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Ma\u2019a Nonu s\u2019en est quand m\u00eame bien sorti avec un carton jaune sur ce plaquage. Je comprends le c\u00f4t\u00e9 \u00absacrifice\u00bb qu\u2019on mis en avant certains supporters toulonnais. Mais je pense qu\u2019il aurait pu le prendre un peu plus bas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HIA0FiAdk6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HIA0FiAdk6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pablo Guillen (@pablo_guillen_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pablo_guillen_\/status\/2041508447053635607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>World Rugby guidelines set a six-week mid-range entry point for the offence, but that was slashed in half thanks to Nonu\u2019s clean record, acceptance of guilt and visible remorse.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it means Toulon must now travel to Scotstoun without one of their most experienced operators in a huge knockout clash.<\/p>\n<p>Sale blow as Jibulu banned for biting incident<\/p>\n<p>There was more disciplinary drama elsewhere, with Sale Sharks hooker\u00a0Nathan Jibulu\u00a0slapped with a six-week suspension after biting an opponent during their defeat to Harlequins.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred in the Champions Cup last 16, carries a hefty minimum sanction of 12 weeks under World Rugby rules.<\/p>\n<p>Jibulu admitted the charge, and although the panel started at the lower-end entry point, his ban was cut by 50% due to his remorse, inexperience and previously clean record.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension rules him out of Sale\u2019s quarter-final trip to Dublin, where they face Irish giants\u00a0Leinster Rugby\u00a0\u2014 a huge miss at a crucial stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE TRANSFER BLOG<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toulon have been dealt a major blow ahead of their Investec Champions Cup quarter-final showdown with the Glasgow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-518683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}