Cited.

Israel Folau has been issued a citing commissioner’s warning for a challenge on Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony in the air during his Australia’s 20-16 defeat in Sydney yesterday.

Given that Folau was also yellow-carded in the game over a separate incident, he will now face a disciplinary hearing.

The incident in question occurred in the ninth minute, once again straight from a restart. Folau saw yellow for playing O’Mahony in the 31sth minute, resulting in the captain being stretchered off.

Citing commissioner Michael O’Leary’s view was that O’Mahony “toppled to the ground” after Folau “placed his left hand on O’Mahony as he started to descend.”

The warning comes under  Law 9.11 – ‘Players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous to others’ – and Law 9.17 – ‘A player must not tackle, charge, pull, push or grasp an opponent whose feet are off the ground’.

O’Leary commented that the ninth-minute incident was “strikingly similar” to the one for which Folau was sin-binned. Here’s that ninth minute incident.