Ban rules Carre out of Wales' Six Nations opener
Saracens prop Rhys Carre has had an eventful Wednesday of wildly different emotions.
In the morning he was chosen in Wayne Pivac’s Wales squad for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations. However, he learned later in the day that he will not be available for selection for their opening match of the tournament due to suspension.
Wales are due to play Italy in Cardiff on February 1, but Carre has been banned until two days later following a three-week suspension meted out at a disciplinary hearing.
Carre was sent off by referee Alexandre Ruiz in the fourth minute of Saracens’ Heineken Champions Cup win at Ospreys last Saturday.
The French official believed he has tackled Dan Evans in a dangerous manner in contravention of Law 9.13 and a committee consisting of chair Philippe Cavalieros (France), Donal Courtney (Ireland) and Yannick Jauzion (France) backed the referee’s decision.
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The hearing found that Carre had made contact with Evans’ head in a dangerous manner, deciding that the offence was at the mid-range of World Rugby’s sanctions.
They selected six weeks as the appropriate entry point. However, as there were no aggravating factors, and taking into account the player’s guilty plea, clear disciplinary record and expression of remorse, the committee reduced the sanction by the maximum of 50 per cent before imposing a three-week suspension.
Elsewhere on the disciplinary front, Glasgow Warriors' Callum Gibbins has been suspended for two weeks for striking Exeter’s Jacques Vermeulen with his shoulder while Toulouse’s Zach Holmes has been suspended for four weeks following his red card for tackling Connacht’s Tiernan O’Halloran in a dangerous manner.
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I think we need to get innovative with the new laws.
Now red cards are only 20 minutes, Razor should send Finau on a head hunting mission to hospitalise their 10 with a shoulder to the chops.
Give the conspiracy theorists a win.
England played well enough to win but couldnt score when they needed to and couldnt defend a couple of X-Factor moments from Telea which was ultimately the difference. They needed to hold the ball more and make the AB's make more tackles. Territorially they were good for the first 60. Defending their lead and playing pragmatic rugby in the last 20 was silly. The AB's always had the potential to come back. England still have a long way to go, definite progress would have been shown had they won but it seems they are still stuck where they were shortly after the six nations and their tour to NZ
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