• Hooker Ford and lock Gray were punished over two-man tip tackle
• Scotland lodge appeal against length of players’ punishmentsScotland are preparing to face Australia in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final without the forwards Ross Ford and Jonny Gray – despite lodging appeals against their controversial three-week bans.
The Scottish Rugby Union announced morning it was challenging the punishments handed to hooker Ford and lock Gray for dumping Samoa’s Jack Lam on his head with an illegal two-man tip tackle during final Saturday’s 36-33 win. But in a subsequent statement,the Dark Blues said they are only set to appeal against the length of the duo’s suspensions, and not the finding of guilt itself.
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Source: theguardian.com