Manu Tuilagi can be accessible for England’s remaining Guinness Six Nations match in opposition to Ireland after being given a decreased three-match ban for harmful play.
Tuilagi was despatched off for an elbow to the top of Tommy Freeman in Sale’s Gallagher Premiership defeat at Northampton on Saturday.
A disciplinary listening to issued a four-game ban that can drop to a few if he completes World Rugby’s teaching intervention faculty.
The size of the ban means he’ll miss England’s fixtures in opposition to Wales on Saturday and France a fortnight later, however he’ll return in time for Ireland on March 18.
However, the highly effective centre of Samoan heritage has not appeared on this Six Nations but having slid down the pecking order underneath Steve Borthwick.
Owen Farrell, Ollie Lawrence, Joe Marchant and Henry Slade had been the popular midfield choices in opposition to Scotland and Italy, with Tuilagi even unable to win a spot on the bench.
The 31-year-old aimed to make use of his outing at Franklin’s Gardens because the platform to impress Borthwick however his 14th-minute assault on Freeman has as an alternative additional decreased his possibilities of taking part in on this Six Nations.