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Ben Tameifuna cops lengthy ban for high shot
By Online Editors
Racing 92 prop Ben Tameifuna has received a four week ban in France after a dangerous tackle in his latest Top 14 outing.
The judiciary wasn't easy on the former Chief who will be sidelined until February 25.
It's an untimely blow for Tameifuna's side who currently sit sixth on the Top 14 table with the playoff race heating up. Tameifuna will also be unavailable for Racing's next European Champions Cup match against Scarlets - their final pool match of the competition.
Tameifuna was shown a yellow card in the 71st minute of Racing's 22-13 win over Toulon last weekend after a big hit on longtime France flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc.
Trinh-Duc required treatment on the pitch from team medics before Tameifuna was sent off.
Both French media and fans on social media felt that Tameifuna's tackle was worthy of a red card for his tackle on Trinh-Duc - who is just over half the weight of the 153kg prop at 85kg. Tameifuna's disciplinary record saw the ban reduced by from six weeks to four, and his offence was classed as 'average' in a release.
Tameifuna, a Tongan international, has been with Racing since 2015 having previously represented Hawke's Bay, Waikato and the Chiefs.
He played 65 games for the Chiefs after making his debut in 2012, when he was also called into the All Blacks' training squad.
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Le Racing est un club très particulier et difficile à comprendre pour certains.
Kolisi et Lancaster ne sont peut-être pas allé dans le bon club pour réussir en Top 14?
La vie parisienne est trop riche pour des stars de rugby encore en activité.
Go to commentsEnd of the day it wasn't Fozzie that missed two vital kicks at goal. It wasn't Fozzie who tackled high. It also wasn't Fozzie who fired his two closest friends lol. Razor already did the same with Leon McDonald, so this is nothing against him. Also, wasn't Fozzie who came up with the lame excuse called Suzie, that basically damned them for the next 100 years. Mark my words, they will keep losing important Rugby World Cup games until they apologise for what they did in post 1995. Disgraceful. And for those about to defend "Suzie" , I'll say this. Why was your team so smiley and fired up during the Haka? Full of smiles in fact. The reason is, the nation could not accept their failure and they had to find an excuse, jus to cope and survive in NZ. You probably believe the tooth fairy is real too...
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