Rugby league-McKinnon tackler banned for seven weeks

(Updates with verdict) MELBOURNE, April 2 (Reuters) - An Australian rugby league player has been banned for seven weeks after being found guilty of committing a 'dangerous throw' tackle that left an opponent with a broken neck and the prospect of never being able to walk again. Melbourne Storm prop Jordan McLean, a 22-year-old in his second season in the top-flight National Rugby League, was one of three players that brought Newcastle Knights forward Alex McKinnon down in a tackle in Melbourne last week, but the only one to face a judicial hearing. McKinnon, who underwent surgery last week, has been in a serious but stable condition in a Melbourne hospital and communicated with his family on Sunday for the first time since being revived from an induced coma. After a number of video replays from various angles, the three-man panel found McLean guilty, and NRL judicial counsel Peter Kite asked for a sanction of between seven and 11 matches.



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