Stuart HoggStuart Hogg will face a disciplinary hearing in London on Wednesday after being sent off during Scotland’s 51-3 Six Nations defeat against Wales.

Full-back Hogg was shown a red card for a late challenge on fly-half Dan Biggar in the 22nd minute on Saturday.

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The Glasgow Warriors back, 21, was only the third Scotland player to be sent off in a Test match, following Nathan Hines in 2002 and Scott Murray in 2006.

Hogg, who faces the prospect of a ban, has apologised for the tackle.

Referee Jerome Garces initially sin-binned Hogg for the tackle, but changed his decision to a red card after viewing the incident on the big screens at the Millennium Stadium.

It meant that Scotland played almost an hour of the game with 14 men, and suffered their biggest Six Nations defeat as the home side ran in seven tries.

Scotland’s defeat in Wales left outgoing head coach Scott Johnson’s side second bottom of the Six Nations table with only one victory, against Italy in Rome.

Johnson has defended Hogg, saying that the full-back was not a dirty player.

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