• Jonny Gray and Ross Ford had been handed three-week suspensions
• Both will be available for Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final with AustraliaThe Scotland hooker Ross Ford and lock Jonny Gray fill been cleared to play with immediate effect after Scottish Rugby successfully appealed against their three-week suspensions. The forwards were initially handed the bans after a two-man tackle on Samoa’s Jack Lam and will be available for Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final with Australia.
Ford and Gray were banned after they were found guilty by the independent judicial officer,Christopher Quinlan QC, of a hazardous tackle when Lam’s head was driven into the ground at a ruck clear-out during last Saturday’s final Pool B match in Newcastle.
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Source: theguardian.com