Ciaran Parker: Cardiff prop given five-week ban after red card against Benetton
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Cardiff prop Ciaran Parker has been banned for five weeks after being sent off in their opening United Rugby Championship (URC) loss to Benetton.
The 28-year-old was shown a red card after his shoulder connected with the chin of Simone Ferrari in the closing stages of the 23-22 loss on 21 October.
A disciplinary panel found that the incident warranted a six-week ban.
Parker's guilty plea and apology to his opponent saw that suspension reduced to five weeks.
Because of a previous red card in January 2023, also for head contact, there was no further mitigation applied.
Parker began his ban in Saturday's 16-9 win away to Dragons, and he will miss further games against Scarlets this weekend, followed by Bulls, Zebre and finally Stormers on 24 November.