Quinlan to miss Lions tour

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Munster flanker Quinlan was found guilty of making contact with the eye area of Leinster skipper Leo Cullen during a Heineken Cup semi-final at Croke Park on May 1.

Quinlan's suspension means he is sidelined until until September 10 - more than two months after the Lions tour ends. Rugby's summer-off season is not included in the period he cannot play.

The Ireland international has a right of appeal, but Lions head coach Ian McGeechan must now consider a replacement. Leicester and England flanker Tom Croft is favourite.

Quinlan, 34, becomes the third player selected in a 37-man Lions squad last month to be ruled out.

Quinlan's Munster colleague, scrum-half Tomas O'Leary, broke his ankle three days after the party was announced and has subsequently been replaced by Scotland skipper Mike Blair.

Wales centre Tom Shanklin then suffered a serious shoulder injury - like O'Leary, he was also on Magners League duty - and faces four months out. Shanklin's replacement has not yet been announced.

Quinlan, capped 27 times by Ireland and man of the match when Munster beat Toulouse in last season's Heineken Cup final, had won a Lions call-up partly due to his abrasive, no-nonsense playing style.

But his tour hopes ended following an appearance before a three-man independent disciplinary panel, chaired by Welshman Roger Morris, in Dublin today.

Quinlan was reported by match citing commissioner John Byett following the Cullen incident, which had been graphically captured on television slow motion replays.