Vaea Fifita: Scarlets forward handed initial four-week ban
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Vaea Fifita has played 11 times for New Zealand
Scarlets forward Vaea Fifita has been handed an initial four-week ban following his red card in the 16-10 United Rugby Championship defeat against Cardiff.
Fifita was sent off for a reckless ruck clearout on Cardiff flanker Shane Lewis-Hughes.
The 30-year-old will miss games against Zebre, Connacht and Leinster.
The ban will be reduced by a week if Fifita completes a World Rugby coaching intervention programme.
That would allow Fifita to play for Tonga against Samoa on 5 November.
Under new World Rugby eligibility regulations, Fifita is eligible for the country of his birth Tonga after not playing international rugby for New Zealand for three years.
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