Lam suggests players should be able to retaliate after 'unprovoked attack' on Piutau results in ban

Rugby’s judicial process has been under scrutiny this week with a string of cases. Owen Farrell’s five-match ban for his high tackle against Wasps at the weekend may have stolen the limelight, but Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam has been left “extremely frustrated” at a three-week ban handed to his player Siale Piutau.