Chance Peni banned for six weeks

Brumbies flyer Chance Peni’s season is over after he received a six-week suspension for a dangerous tackle during a club match in Canberra.

This is the fourth time the 24-year-old is banned in 13 months and comes in his first match back from a five-match suspension for a similar offence.

The former Rugby League player, who joined the Brumbies at the start of the season from the Western Force, was sent off for a tip tackle while playing for Wests in the John I Dent Cup – Canberra’s club rugby competition – last weekend.

Peni is eligible to return to action on August 11 – one week after the Super Rugby Final but with the Brumbies in third place in the Australian Conference and unlikely to make the play-offs, his season appears to be over and he will miss their remaining matches against the Hurricanes, Chiefs and Waratahs.