Mhairi Grieve: Sale Sharks half-back receives three-game ban

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Image caption, Mhairi Grieve will miss three games unless she attends World Rugby's Coaching Intervention Programme around tackling

Sale Sharks half-back Mhairi Grieve has been banned for three games following a high tackle in the Premiership Women's Rugby loss to Exeter on 11 February.

The 30-year-old admitted to the charge of dangerous tackling at an independent disciplinary panel.

Grieve was deemed not to have sufficiently lowered her tackle height in the challenge, with a 'high' level of danger under tackle guidelines.

There is the option of reducing the ban if Grieve attends a tackling course.

World Rugby runs a Coaching Intervention Programme which players can apply to attend, reducing the suspension to two games.