CARDIFF NOT APPEALING AGAINST REES BAN

Cardiff blues have revealed that they will not be appealing against Ritchie Rees ban. Rees was banned for 12 weeks by an European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing in Dublin on 6 January.

The Cardiff Blues man was found guilty of making contact with Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley’s eye during their 23-19 Heineken Cup loss on 19 December.

Rees pleaded not guilty on the basis that any contact had been accidental.