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He will also miss the opening two games of next season after being hit with a suspension
Ospreys wing Daniel Kasende has been banned for four matches after being shown a red card in his side’s United Rugby Championship clash with Cardiff last week.
The 30-year-old was carded in the first half of the Ospreys‘ 24-21 defeat at Cardiff Arms Park after leading with his forearm while in possession and striking opposition fly-half Callum Sheedy in the face. While Kasende was initially shown a yellow card by referee Christopher Allison, this was later updated to a 20-minute red card.
Appearing at a disciplinary hearing earlier this week, the South African back accepted that he had committed an act of foul play warranting a red card.
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An initial six-match suspension was halved due to Kasende’s apology, acceptance of the red card and good conduct throughout the disciplinary process. However, an extra match was then added to his ban due to his previous disciplinary record.
With the Ospreys now out of the URC play-off race, the wing will now miss the final two matches of this season as his side take on Scarlets this weekend before travelling to Leinster seven days later.
He will also miss the first two games of the 2026/27 campaign, which will include pre-season matches.
There were four other yellow cards shown during Friday’s ill-disciplined derby match, with Ospreys’ Dan Edwards and Owen Watkin and Cardiff’s Liam Belcher and Josh McNally all sent to the sin-bin.
Ospreys head coach Mark Jones admitted after the game that was “surprised” Kasende had not been given the same punishment as Belcher, who was shown an early yellow card for a head-on-head collision with Morgan Morris.
“They [match officials] thought his [Kasende] offence was worthy of a red for 20 minutes,” he said. “I’m not adept with the criteria of these things, but I look at the force of the forearm compared to two heads coming together and one looks like it could do more damage than the other.
“I was surprised perhaps they weren’t treated the same, but that’s not for me to comment on.”
A statement from the URC on Friday read: “The disciplinary process related to Daniel Kasende’s red card in the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 16 game against Cardiff Rugby on Friday, April 24 has resulted in a four-game suspension.
“After an act of foul play by player No 14 (Daniel Kasende), referee Christopher Allison showed the player a red card in the 18th minute of the game under Law 9.11 – Players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous to others including leading with the below or forearm.
“In the Player’s responses to the Judicial Officer overseeing the disciplinary process (Rose Alice Murphy), he had accepted that he had committed an act of foul play which warranted a red card. Ms. Murphy found that the incident met the red card threshold, with entry of mid-range warranting six weeks.
“The player received three weeks (50%) mitigation due to his apology, acceptance of the red card and good conduct throughout the disciplinary process, however due to his previous record, a further week was added which results in a four-game suspension.”
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