There is plenty of confusion regarding the 3 week suspension which Cian Healy received yesterday for his stamp on England's Dan Cole during Sunday's Six Nations game.
The Six Nations disciplinary committee said yesterday that they would be delaying his suspension until Sunday as they believed Healy would not have played for Leinster this weekend.
From Irishrugby.ie
The committee allowed the maximum two weeks of mitigation, but, in imposing a suspension of three weeks, recognised that the player would not have played for his province this weekend is that the suspension will end at midnight on Sunday, March 10
Leinster coach Jonno Gibbes has said that Healy is available to them and is under consideration for selection
Cian's available and personally I'd be delighted to involve him, he's a really big asset. He will definitely be considered. There's are complications for others maybe, but he's available for us. It's a game in the break of the Six Nations and he's under consideration.
Quoted in the Irish Times, Declan Kidney said that he believed Healy was suspended and would be unable to play for Leinster against Treviso this weekend.
It’s certainly an option that he could play for Leinster this weekend, but we’ve been told that he’s suspended and he’s not allowed to. We asked the question yesterday whether he could play this weekend and we were told no, he is suspended.
If the ban had started after the game against England as is usually expected then Cian Healy would have been available to play against France on March 9th and would only have missed the game against Scotland on February 24th.
The IRFU are set to appeal the ban.
