Australia will not be appealing against the three-match ban handed to winger Reece Hodge for a dangerous tackle in last weekend’s Rugby World Cup match against Fiji.

Hodge was found guilty on Wednesday of a dangerous tackle on Fijian flanker Peceli Yato in Sapporo even though the match day officials did not penalise him during the match.

The suspension rules Hodge out of Australia’s remaining Pool D matches against Wales, Georgia and Uruguay and on Saturday coach Michael Cheika said the ban would not be appealed.

Adam Ashley-Cooper will replace Hodge on the right wing for Australia’s crunch match against Six Nations champions Wales in Tokyo on Sunday.

Hodge, Samoans Rey Lee-lo and Motu Matu’u, and American John Quill have all received three-match bans for dangerous tackles in the first week of the tournament as World Rugby cracked down on any contact with an opponent’s head.