Sale Sharks forward Kristian Ormsby will miss his club's Heineken Cup showdown with European champions Munster on Sunday. The 6ft 4in New Zealander has received a one-week suspension after appearing before a disciplinary panel in Dublin today.

Ormby was cited by match commissioner Achille Reali for alleged striking/dangerous charge on Clermont Auvergne lock Julien Pierre during Sharks' impressive Pool One victory in France last weekend.

The panel decided that Ormsby, a lock or back-row forward, was not guilty of striking, but that he committed a dangerous charge on Pierre.

His ban runs up until next Wednesday, sidelining him for the Edgeley Park appointment with Munster.

Ormsby, who has the right of appeal, was summoned before a disciplinary committee chaired by Ireland's Mark McParland, assisted by Rob Flockhart (Scotland) and Simon Thomas (Wales).