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Andre Esterhuizen banned after Portugal red card
By Rugby365
Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen has been suspended for four matches after he was sent off in Saturday’s Test match against Portugal.
However, that suspension will be reduced to three matches should he complete the World Rugby Coaching Intervention Programme.
Esterhuizen received a yellow card in the third minute for a head-on-head tackle at the Free State Stadium.
It was later upgraded to a red card after the TMO bunker review system decision.
The player was left out of South Africa’s squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship.
The disciplinary committee hearing was chaired by Matthew Weaver (England) and joined by former player Jamie Corsi (Wales) and former international referee Valeriu Toma (Romania).
The player accepted that foul play had occurred and that the offence warranted a red card.
The committee considered the appropriate entry point for the offending and decided that the offence warranted the mandatory mid-end entry point for offending involving contact with the head of six matches.
Having considered the mitigating factors, the committee decided not to award a full 50 percent mitigation to the sanction resulting in a sanction of four matches.
An additional match may be removed from the sanction should the player complete the World Rugby Coaching Intervention for Sanction Mitigation (CISM) which applies to foul play involving head contact.
The player is therefore suspended for the following matches:
Sharks v Lions – July 27
Pumas v Sharks – August 3
Sharks v Griquas – August 11
Cheetahs v Sharks – August 17*
*Subject to the successful completion of the CISM.
The player has 48 hours to appeal from receipt of the full written decision.
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Recent complaints that SA players have a 12-month workload isn't of itself a credible enough excuse to lay at the door of EPCR administrators. If SA clubs want to participate in NH league and club competitions and also participate in SH internationals, then clearly something has to give.
From the EPCR perspective, I do think that the format/schedule issues can be fixed if there's a strong enough desire to remove some of the logistical challenges clubs are facing with these long and frequent trips across the hemispheres.
From the SA player workload perspective however, I'm not sure how players can participate safely and competitively at both the club and international levels. Perhaps - and as Rassie appears to be developing, SA develop a super squad with sufficient player numbers and rotation to allow players to compete across the full 12-month calendar.
Bottom line though, is the geographical isolation is always going to restrict SA's ability to having the best of both worlds.
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