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Leinster's Jamison Gibson-Park free to play against Connacht after citing dismissed

Jamison Gibson-Park is free to play for Leinster in their Champions Cup round of 16 second leg clash with Connacht at the Aviva Stadium on Friday.

A citing complaint against the scrum-half has been dismissed by an independent disciplinary committee following a heading by video conference last night.

Gibson-Park was cited by match commission Maurizio Vancini for allegedly tackling the Connacht Rugby scrum half, Kieran Marmion, in a dangerous manner in the 56th minute of the match in contravention of Law 9.13.

The Ireland no 9, who came on in the second half for Luke McGrath, was yellow carded for the high challenge. Afterwards, Connacht head coach Andy Friend felt that a yellow card rather than a red was the right decision.

An EPCR statement explained: "The independent disciplinary committee comprising Philippe Cavalieros (France), chair, Yannick Jauzion (France) and Mitchell Read (England), considered video imagery of the incident and heard submissions from Gibson-Park, who did not accept that his act of foul play warranted a red card, from the player’s legal representative, Derek Hegarty, from the Leinster Rugby Head of Rugby Operations, Guy Easterby, and from the EPCR Disciplinary Officer, Liam McTiernan.

"While the committee determined that Gibson-Park had committed an act of foul play, it found that his action involved a low degree of force which did not warrant a red card.

"The citing complaint was therefore dismissed and Gibson-Park is free to play.

"EPCR have the right to appeal the decision."

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