France forward Pascal Pape cited for Jamie Heaslip incident

France forward Pascal Pape has been cited following an incident during his side's Six Nations defeat to Ireland on Saturday.

Pape was given a yellow card after kneeing Jamie Heaslip in the back at the Aviva Stadium.

It has been reported that Heaslip could miss the rest of the tournament with a suspected broken vertebrae.

Pape will appear before an independent disciplinary committee later this week.

France were beaten 18-11 in Dublin as they lost their first game of this year's competition.