Deysel banned for 6 games for tackle on Dupont

Deysel's yellow card for the incident soon after half-time was upgraded to red by a bunker review. He accepted his offence was red-card worthy at his judicial hearing on Tuesday.

The panel "categorised the act of foul play as being at the top end of the scale of seriousness of offending, having regard to the degree of recklessness involved in the offending, the vulnerability of the victim player and the significant injury to him."

For a sanction, the panel started at 12 weeks and halved it after taking into account Deysel's disciplinary record and apology to Dupont.

His six-match ban was to include Namibia's last Pool A game on Wednesday against Uruguay, for which he wasn't picked, and five other games to be determined. He could reduce the ban by one game if he attended tackle school.

France hasn't said when Dupont, the poster boy of the home tournament, will return.