Five rugby players who were banned for biting an opponent

#5. Oliviero Fabiani

The Zebre hooker received a straight red card for biting Connacht lock Quinn Roux during a 2016 Champions Cup match out in Parma. Roux showed the bitemark to referee Mathieu Raynal, who dismissed the Italian forward.

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