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Hurricanes midfielder Jordie Barrett banned for three weeks
By Ben Smith
Hurricanes midfielder Jordie Barrett has been handed a three-week suspension by the SANZAAR foul play review committee.
The All Black star was deemed to have broken law 9.13, a player must not tackle an opponent early, late, or dangerously, for his tackle on Reds fullback Jordan Petaia.
Barrett was yellow carded at the time for the tackle which was upgraded to red upon review by the TMO. The foul play review committee upheld the red card ruling and considered that the tackle was "always illegal".
The offence warranted a mid-range entry point of six week suspension, which was reduced by three weeks due to mitigating factors.
Barrett will miss all the Hurricanes games up until 22 March which rules him out of big derby clashes against the Blues and Crusaders, followed by the Melbourne Rebels.
The No 12 could be back to face the Highlanders in round six down in Dunedin.
His absence will put highly touted youngster Riley Higgins in the frame to start in the midfield, along with one-time All Black Peter Umaga-Jensen.
The Hurricanes name their team to face the Blues later today.
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Agreed. As a Saffa I have much respect for the ABs. I also have to say given any option I would ONLY prefer to lose to ABs. To lose to England is probably the most embarrassing think to happen to either of us.
There was a time when both of us lost to England and we both hated it. Thankfully those days are behind us. Kudos to you guys, kudos to ABs. But dear old BS seems to hate us Boks. No idea why.
Go to commentsI got the sense that holding him to it was kickback from SB and the rfu smarting at being jilted quite so soon, so unexpectedly and so publicly.
Seem to remember that they spoke to Gustard before appointing Joe and you really have to think he would have come in at a higher level?
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