Rugby: Mailei, Braid front judiciary

North Harbour second five-eighth Andrew Mailei and Bay of Plenty flanker Luke Braid will appear before New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) judiciary hearings tomorrow following incidents during the ninth of round of Air NZ Cup matches.

Mailei was sent off in the first half of his side's defeat of Counties-Manukau in Albany on Friday for an alleged dangerous tackle on opposite number Dean Cummins.

Under NZRU rules, any player who receives a red card faces an automatic judicial hearing.

Braid also faces an automatic appearance after being sinbinned during the loss to Otago in Dunedin on Saturday.

It was Braid's third yellow card of the season, meaning he must face the judiciary.

- NZPA