New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick (31) will miss the autumn internationals against Wales and Scotland after being handed a three-week suspension following his red card against Japan on Saturday.
Retallick will, however, be available to face England at Twickenham on November 19th if he completes a coaching intervention programme, an independent judicial committee said on Tuesday.
He has 48 hours to appeal his sentence.
It is a blow for a New Zealand side already without captain Sam Cane (30) and hooker Dane Coles (35) because of injury, weakening their forward pack.
Retallick received a red card in the 65th minute of New Zealand's tense 38-31 victory in Tokyo after a dangerous clear-out of Japan back row Kazuki Himeno (28) at a ruck.
