• Hooper handed one-week ban for slapping Argentina’s Nicolás Sánchez
• Judicial officer said there were ’mitigating factors’ in the incidentThe Australia flanker Michael Hooper has been handed a one-week ban for slapping Argentina’s Nicolás Sánchez on the head in final weekend’s Rugby Championship match and will be free to face the All Blacks in back-to-back matches next month.
The former Wallabies captain will be prevented from playing for his club,Manly Marlins, against Randwick this weekend but is free to rejoin the Wallabies for the Rugby Championship decider in Sydney.
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Source: theguardian.com