Melbourne Rebels coach Kevin Foote has slammed the Super Rugby Pacific Foul Play Review Committee’s (FPRC) decision to hand prop Jone Koroiduadua a two-week ban.

Foote has described the headbutt from the Fijian Drua forward as ‘malicious’ and criticised the committee’s assessment that it warranted a low entry point.

Koroiduadua was the second Drua player to be sent off during the Super Rugby Pacific clash in Melbourne after scrum-half Frank Lomani was given his marching orders for an elbow to the head of lock Josh Canham .

The decision to deem the prop’s actions as a low-entry sanction meant that his potential ban started at six weeks instead of mid-range (10 weeks) or top-end (16 weeks) under World Rugby’s guidelines.

While Foote believed that Lomani’s six-week ban was appropriate, he was left fuming by Koroiduadua’s suspension, particularly after Reece Hodge’s two-week ban in 2021 after two yellow card incidents.