Reece Hodge will miss the rest of Australia’s Rugby World Cup pool games after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle at a judicial hearing in Tokyo.

Versatile winger Hodge was handed a three-game suspension by a three-man independent judiciary, who deemed his tackle on forward Peceli Yato during Saturday’s win over Fiji in Sapporo met the red card threshold

The ban means Hodge is scrubbed out of Sunday’s second pool match against Wales and will also miss games against Uruguay and Georgia. He’ will become available if the Wallabies qualify for the quarter-finals.

An obviously disappointed Hodge didn’t speak to waiting journalists, departing through separate exit from the hearing, which was held at an inner-city law firm.

The result will be greeted grimly by a Wallabies team who expected they could successfully challenge the red card grading for the offence.

Sato was concussed and forced out of the game by the 26th minute tackle, which probably prevented a try.

Footage of the incident suggested Hodge had made contact with Yato’s head and hadn’t wrapped his arms around the hulking flanker.