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London Irish will be without hooker Agustin Creevy until 2023 after he was handed a four-week ban for his red card in their game against Montpellier.
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The Argentina veteran, who was sent off in the Exiles’ Champions Cup defeat last Friday, will now miss their festive fixtures in a setback to Declan Kidney’s side.
Creevy received his marching orders during the first half of the game against Montpellier after his shoulder made contact with full-back Anthony Bouthier.
European Professional Club Rugby said the Pumas front-row made submissions to an independent disciplinary committee, accepting he committed an act of foul play, but he did not accept the red card decision.
“The committee upheld the red card decision, finding that, in executing the tackle in a dangerous manner, Creevy had made contact with Bouthier’s head,” the tournament organisers said.
Creevy will therefore miss London Irish‘s Champions Cup clash with the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, Premiership matches against Saracens and Gloucester, plus a Premiership Rugby Cup game against Bath on January 4.
If Creevy applies for and completes a World Rugby coaching intervention programme, he will be available to play again two days before the Bath fixture.
Elsewhere, Northampton Saints have confirmed that wing Ollie Sleightholme has put pen to paper on a new deal to remain at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.
The 22-year-old, who joined the first-team squad on a full-time basis ahead of the 2018/19 season, graduated from the club’s Academy, which he joined aged 13.
Sleightholme has since scored 25 tries in 53 appearances in Black, Green and Gold and scooped both of Northampton’s Try of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards at the end of the 2020/21 campaign.
With six scores in just nine appearances so far this term, Sleightholme is already looking to kick on again for Saints for the remainder of the 2022/23 season and beyond.
“Northampton Saints is my home, and everything about the place made me want to stay here for longer,” Sleightholme said in a press release from the club.
“All the players and every member of staff here is like family. We’re such a tight-knit group, and having the opportunity to be around all your best mates every day is very special.”
He added: “All the coaches here – Phil Dowson, Sam Vesty, Ian Vass, Matt Ferguson, James Craig, Jake Sharp and everyone else – are so supportive of the players in a way that I don’t think you get at other clubs. I believe in the direction they are taking the team 100 per cent; everyone in the group knows their job and what we need to do to improve and challenge for trophies.
“I’m also really grateful to the medical, physio and S&C staff for getting me here, too, as they have helped me through a couple of injuries over the last few years.
“The amount of effort and level of detail that goes into improving you as a player at Saints is second to none, so I’m really excited to sign on again at Franklin’s Gardens and commit to the club for the foreseeable future.”