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Farrell and Marler free for Euro duty

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Wednesday 27 Apr 2016

This is despite each having received two-week bans on Thursday.

England goal-kicker Farrell was suspended after being cited for a dangerous tackle on Wasps' scrumhalf Dan Robson early in the second half of Saracens' 24-17 European Champions Cup semifinal win last Saturday.

Meanwhile prop Marler was cited for kicking Grenoble hooker Arnaud Heguy during last Friday's European Challenge Cup semifinal, a match London club Harlequins won 30-6 at their Twickenham Stoop ground.

Both Farrell and Marler were banned until May, but that means they will each be available for their clubs' European finals in Lyon and England's three-Test tour of Australia in June.

Premiership leaders Saracens are bidding for a domestic and European double, with their European Champions Cup Final against Paris's Racing 92 in Lyon on May 14.

A day earlier, Harlequins play Montpellier in the second-tier Challenge Cup Final.

Agence France-Presse

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