Nick De Luca's miserable 2012/13 campaign ended yesterday when the Edinburgh centre was banned for the rest of the season, writes Kevin Ferrie.
An independent RaboDirect PRO12 disciplinary committee ruled De Luca should serve a 13-week suspension following his dismissal against the Ospreys last Friday, the league announced in a statement.
De Luca, who was dropped from the Scotland team for the last match of the autumn Test series, suffered a fractured eye socket just before the key Inter-City derbies against Glasgow Warriors over the festive period.
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