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Owen Farrell was banned for a unsafe tackle successful September 2020England skipper Owen Farrell could miss the commencement of the Six Nations aft being cited for a unsafe tackle.
The Saracens fly-half enactment successful a tackle connected Gloucester subordinate Jack Clement that made interaction with his opponent's head.
Referee Karl Dickson did not enactment connected the incidental astatine the time, and Farrell went connected to kick a game-winning drop-goal successful the last minute.
England's Six Nations run starts astatine location to Scotland successful 4 weeks, with Italy visiting Twickenham a week later.
Should the incidental beryllium seen arsenic a mid-range offence a starting constituent for a prohibition would beryllium six weeks, with the anticipation of it being reduced with mitigation.
A top-end offence carries a a 10-week starting constituent - Farrell admitted a top-end offence successful September 2020 erstwhile helium was banned for 5 weeks aft a unsafe tackle connected Charlie Atkinson successful a crippled against Wasps.
Farrell's proceeding volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday, 10 January astatine 18:30 GMT and volition beryllium heard by an autarkic disciplinary sheet chaired by Philip Evans, with Becky Essex and Mitch Read.
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