No citing for Michalak over Hogg

Published on 21/03/2013 08:34

The Scottish Rugby Union expects France stand-off Frederic Michalak to escape punishment for his fracas with full-back 
Stuart Hogg in Saturday’s final RBS Six Nations fixture at the Stade de France, which Scotland lost 23-16.

The second period was only three minutes old when Michalak, who kicked 11 points for France, clashed with Hogg.

The Scot seemed to be moving away and back to position when the Frenchman appeared to throw some punches in the direction of the Scotland and Glasgow No 15, and there was some ugly grappling, but Welsh referee Nigel Owens let both 
players off with a warning at 
the time.

And the SRU now says that Toulon man Michalak will avoid further censure after the deadline for him to be cited by the 
Six Nations disciplinary panel passed without the incident being raised.

An SRU spokesman said: “The Six Nations appoints independent citing commissioners to oversee discipline matters at Six Nations games.

“Citing therefore is a matter for that independent commissioner, who has 48 hours from the end of a match in which to cite.

“As that period has elapsed it would appear there is no
citing from the France v Scotland game.”