Leicester's Cheika handed one-game ban for disrespecting match-day doctor

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• Tigers coach will miss weekend fixture against Newcastle
• Disciplinary panel admitted it was 'an unusual case'

Michael Cheika has been banned from Leicester's match against Newcastle this weekend after he was found guilty of disrespecting the independent match-day doctor following his first match in charge of the Tigers.

Cheika was handed a two-week suspension, one of which is suspended, after a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing that finished late on Tuesday night.