SALE SHARKS and England forward Jonny Hill has received a 10-week ban, four of which are suspended, after accepting a charge that he physically abused a spectator.

Hill, who has not played for Sale this season, will be available from December 7.

He appeared before an independent disciplinary panel for an alleged breach of the Rugby Football Union’s rule 5.12 – conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game and/or Union – in that he was alleged to have physically abused a spectator following Sale’s Gallagher Premiership play-off defeat at Bath on June 1.