Former Wales captain Ken Owens has found another job since hanging up his boots earlier this year, hearing disciplinary cases for European matches as part of an independent disciplinary committee.

The 91-cap hooker is now part of European governing body EPCR's disciplinary process, which often lean upon former players to take part in hearings. One-cap Wales lock Olly Kohn has long been a member of the disciplinary panel, as has former Ospreys wing Stefan Terblanche.

Earlier this week, Owens heard the case of Stade Francais lock Baptiste Pesenti, who ended up with a two-week ban for a dangerous tackle on Munster scrum-half Craig Casey.

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The French second-row had been sent off by Luke Pearce in the second-half of their Champions Cup clash, after picking up Casey in a 'WWE-style' tackle before driving him into the ground.

Along with judicial officer Roddy MacLeod and Gordon Black, Owens heard Pesenti's case over video link on Tuesday - with the committee ultimately determining that "Pesenti had tackled Casey in a dangerous and reckless manner that warranted a red card".

"It was decided that the offending was at the low-end of World Rugby’s sanctions and two weeks was selected as the appropriate entry point," added EPCR's statement on the ban.

"The Disciplinary Committee did not consider that any aggravating factors were present, but did not feel that any discount from the entry point sanction of 2 weeks could be applied due to the player’s prior disciplinary record. The player was therefore suspended for two weeks."

Pesenti will be eligible to play again from Monday, December 23.

Since retiring earlier this year, the former Scarlets hooker has joined the board of Welsh netball team Cardiff Dragons as a non-executive director, while he has also done some media work.

This week also saw him become the first male player in Wales to undergo a free brain health assessment, as part of a new initiative from the Welsh Rugby Union, Welsh Rugby Players' Association and World Rugby.

The final part of his career - from the potential strike action in which the former Wales captain was heavily involved in up to the debilitating back injury that ruled him out of a fourth World Cup and forced him to retire - were also covered in a revealing S4C documentary earlier this year.