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.