TOULOUSE SECOND ROW Joe Tekori has been cleared to face Leinster in Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium [KO 3.15pm, BT Sport/Virgin Media].
The Samoan today appeared in front of a Top 14 disciplinary hearing after being cited for a dangerous tackle during Toulouse’s victory over Clermont last weekend.
Tekori’s tackle left Yohan Beheregaray unconscious and having to be carried off the field of play on a stretcher, but the French National Rugby League (LNR) this evening said that the 37-time capped international ‘had made his best efforts to make a regular tackle by stooping and using his arms’.
Tekori, who has been a Toulouse player since 2013, had asked the LNR for a speedy decision in the matter to allow him to feature in the club’s first European semi-final in eight years.
He will now be free to feature in Dublin this weekend.
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