The tight head prop forward, appeared today in Cardiff before an independent PRO12 Rugby Disciplinary Committee, having been red-carded for striking an opponent with the head in contravention of law 10.4(a).
The Tongan international accepted that he had committed an act of foul play which had warranted the red card. The Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Rhian Williams, alongside Richard Cole and Simon Thomas (all from Wales), having viewed video footage of the incident, considered all of the other evidence and listened to representations from and on behalf of the player, found that he had committed an act of foul play, by recklessly striking an opponent with his head while clearing-out.
The Disciplinary Committee determined that the offending merited a lower-end entry point based on World Rugby's scale of seriousness, which carries a four-week playing suspension. The Disciplinary Committee determined that there were no aggravating factors in this case and applied a reduction of one week to recognise various mitigating factors.
Taking into account weeks in which Sila Puafisi was not expected to play, he is suspended from playing rugby up to and including Sunday, 12 June 2016.