Star joins banned sister on sidelines for this hit

PERTH: Australia star Teagan Levi has been slapped with a three game ban for her dangerous hit at the Perth Sevens on Friday.

Levi was sent off after making contact with the head of Great Britain's Emma Uren as Australia crashed to a historic 19-12 loss.

The judicial officer on Saturday then determined that Levi deserved further punishment, meaning the 20-year-old will miss Australia's final pool game and the quarter-final and semi-final – should they make it that far.

Levi's sister, Maddison, will serve the final game of her own three match suspension in the last pool game against Canada on Saturday.

The judicial officer oddly took into account "her young age and polite and candid manner at the hearing."

"We should be the Aussie sixes at the moment," coach Tim Walsh said.

"We're playing with six players a lot."

Walsh said the repeated infringements were definitely a concern.

"Evidence suggests yes. I mean it's the laws of the game and it's for the welfare and safety of the players. So we have been working on it, just to get that front foot in and get a little bit lower.

"But obviously we've got to work a little bit harder."

Despite the shock loss, Australia did enough on day one to book a place in the quarter-finals, regardless of the result in their final pool game.

"Look, we didn't expect to go through undefeated all season," Walsh said.