Wallabies forward Scott Higgonbotham devastated at missing the European Tour No Spring Tour: Wallaby forward Scott Higginbotham. SUSPENDED Wallaby Scott Higginbotham says he never again wants to go through the ordeal that ended with a two-game ban for kneeing and headbutting All Blacks captain Richie McCaw. The giant No.8 joined his new Melbourne Rebels teammates for his first training session yesterday and will spend his suspension getting to know them and continuing to train in the hope of a late call-up for the tour of Europe. "I had last week off and through everything that has happened it's good to get out there and run around and get your mind off other stuff," Higginbotham (right) said yesterday. It was an unfortunate incident and I copped the two-week penalty and I also got left out of the tour so it's hard to swallow in that regard. It wasn't the nicest thing to go through. If you do the crime you do the time and I am paying for it now. "But now I get to spend extra time and do extra learning with the boys here and not get dropped in the deep end in January," the former Queensland Red said. Higginbotham copped a barrage of criticism after the incident with McCaw. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen called it an act of "thuggery" and urged the SANZAR judiciary to dish out a harsh penalty. But the genial Queenslander said he didn't get caught up in the aftermath, which included his collision with McCaw in the drawn clash in Brisbane being labelled a "cheap shot" by the Kiwis. I basically stayed right out of it. I didn't think I would get anything positive out of it. I've moved on pretty quickly," he said. Higginbotham said he didn't want to be seen as some sort of enforcer. That's the first time I have been cited. I've had one yellow card in my whole career," he said.