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Australia's Swain suspended for six weeks for Tupaea clearout

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:Australia lock Darcy Swain has been suspended for six weeks for a dangerous clean-out on Quinn Tupaea that left the New Zealand midfielder with a season-ending knee injury and the All Blacks fuming.

Swain, who clattered into the centre's extended leg during the 39-37 loss to the All Blacks in Melbourne last week, was shown a yellow card by the referee on the pitch and cited after officials decided the clean-out met the red-card threshold.

The Judicial Committee Chair, Andre Oosthuizen, said they had decided the incident was "not intentional, however, it was highly reckless".

Wallabies coach Dave Rennie later said Swain had attempted to get in touch with Tupaea after the match to apologise. "It was clumsy, reckless but there's no malice in that," he told reporters on Thursday. "Darcy's not happy with the result (of what he did) and he's been punished.

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