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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 405406" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>The South African player Michael Rhodes has gone for a skate....a lengthy one!.. Six weeks</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]The Judicial Officer's findings are as follows:</p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Michael Rhodes </strong></p><p> Rhodes was found guilty of contravening Law 10.4 (e) relating to the dangerous tackling of a player without the ball and was suspended for six weeks.</p><p> The SANZAR Judicial Officer ruled that Rhodes had flipped Piutau over in a dangerous manner "placing his head and neck at serious risk of injury". Davidson added that video evidence showed Piutau in a highly compromised and dangerous position.</p><p> <span style="color: Blue"><strong>Davidson ruled that in order for Rhodes' suspension to be effective it should encompass six matches and he is therefore ruled out of all rugby up to and including 31 July 2011.</strong></span></p><p> Rhodes has the right to appeal the sanction.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Saile Piutau </strong></p><p> Piutau was found guilty of breaching foul play Law 10.4 (a) relating to punching but has not been sanctioned due to the "exceptional circumstances" of the incident.</p><p> The SANZAR Judicial Officer ruled that whilst the player admitted to foul play he had been "seriously compromised" in the incident involving Rhodes. </p><p> The Judicial Officer concluded Piutau's reaction was that of someone who had been "seriously endangered". He added that to impose a sanction in these circumstances "would not reflect the effect on Piutau of the incident and a reaction that was the product of shock rather than retaliatory intent".</p><p>[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>I am also very happy about the bit I have highlighted in Blue.</p><p></p><p>It was about time the judiciary did what Davidson has done here, and ensure that a six week ban means six matches missed, instead of the travesty last year when Bakkies Botha got nine weeks but missed only three matches.</p><p></p><p>I hope we see this a lot more often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 405406, member: 20605"] The South African player Michael Rhodes has gone for a skate....a lengthy one!.. Six weeks [TEXTAREA]The Judicial Officer's findings are as follows: [B] Michael Rhodes [/B] Rhodes was found guilty of contravening Law 10.4 (e) relating to the dangerous tackling of a player without the ball and was suspended for six weeks. The SANZAR Judicial Officer ruled that Rhodes had flipped Piutau over in a dangerous manner "placing his head and neck at serious risk of injury". Davidson added that video evidence showed Piutau in a highly compromised and dangerous position. [COLOR=Blue][B]Davidson ruled that in order for Rhodes' suspension to be effective it should encompass six matches and he is therefore ruled out of all rugby up to and including 31 July 2011.[/B][/COLOR] Rhodes has the right to appeal the sanction. [B]Saile Piutau [/B] Piutau was found guilty of breaching foul play Law 10.4 (a) relating to punching but has not been sanctioned due to the "exceptional circumstances" of the incident. The SANZAR Judicial Officer ruled that whilst the player admitted to foul play he had been "seriously compromised" in the incident involving Rhodes. The Judicial Officer concluded Piutau's reaction was that of someone who had been "seriously endangered". He added that to impose a sanction in these circumstances "would not reflect the effect on Piutau of the incident and a reaction that was the product of shock rather than retaliatory intent". [/TEXTAREA] I am also very happy about the bit I have highlighted in Blue. It was about time the judiciary did what Davidson has done here, and ensure that a six week ban means six matches missed, instead of the travesty last year when Bakkies Botha got nine weeks but missed only three matches. I hope we see this a lot more often. [/QUOTE]
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