Sporting Digest: Rugby Union
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Angus McKeen, the Ireland A front row forward, has been suspended for 60 days for stamping during Leinster's European Cup game with Begles-Bordeaux last Saturday.
Diego Dominguez, the Italian stand-off who was born in Argentina, will face the Pumas in a Test match today. Dominguez is set to win his 44th cap for the Azzurri, whom he has played for since he received a three- year ban from the Argentian Rugby Union for signing professional terms with Milan in 1990. Dominguez, who has an Italian mother, moved to Italy because he was fed up with the UAR's determination to keep the sport amateur.
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