Following their loss to Belgium, five Spanish Rugby players have been given bans for confronting the match referee in their World Cup qualifying match.
Spain lost the game 18-10 to hamper their World Cup hopes and lodged a formal complaint.
Romanian Vlad Iordachescu refereed the match and as a consequence of the result, Romania won a qualifying place for the tournament.
Earlier today, Rugby Europe confirmed that they had banned Guillaume Rouet and Sebastien Rouet for nine months and ten months respectively after physical and verbal abuse of Lordachescu.
Pierre Barthere, Lucas Guillame, and Mathieu Belie were all banned for three-and-a-half months for use of bad language against the match officials.
These bans all apply to international and club fixtures, although the players do have the opportunity to appeal the bans.
Spain have now entered the play-offs where they will play Portugal before the winners face Samoa in a two leg match with the winners qualifying for the World Cup in Japan next year.
