Afoa may face ban over tackle of Felix Jones (credit - ercrugby.com)

Ulster face the prospect of a semi-final clash against Edinburgh without World Cup winning prop John Afoa. Afoa was cited this afternoon for an alleged  dangerous tackle on Munster’s Felix Jones which occurred early in the second half of Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final in Thomond Park. The incident went unpunished  by referee Romain Poite at the time.

After reviewing the incident, citing commissioner Peter Larter of England filed a complaint against the former Auckland Blues man for dangerous play.

The New Zealander  will learn his fate when he appears at a disciplinary hearing in Dublin on Thursday.

Law 10.4 (j) of the IRB rules prohibits “lifting a player from the ground and either dropping or driving that player’s head and/or upper body into the ground whilst the player’s feet are off the ground.”

If found guilty, Afoa faces sanctions which begin at three weeks for a “low end” offence, rising to six weeks for a mid-range punishment and 10+ weeks at the higher end.