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It's happened again... a three-week lay-off is once more the punishment for a red card
By Online Editors
Cheetahs’ Dries Swanepoel has been banned for a period of three weeks as a result of his red card in the Guinness PRO14 round four fixture with Connacht on October 26.
Swanepoel was shown a red card last weekend in Galway by referee Ben Whitehouse under Law 9.11 – players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous to others.
PRO14's disciplinary hearing was handled by Roddy Dunlop (Scotland) and it was accepted that the player’s actions warranted a red card for foul play. The incident was deemed to be a mid-range offence which carries a six-week suspension.
Swanepoel’s immediate acceptance of culpability, his previous clean disciplinary record and remorse shown warranted application of 50 per cent mitigation which brings his ban to three weeks.
The player is free to resume playing from midnight on Sunday, December 1 as the Cheetahs are scheduled to play three matches between November 2 and November 30.
Swanepoel's three-week lay-off mirrors the punishments generally handed down to red-carded players at the World Cup in Japan and to Benetton’s Marco Lazzaroni following his red card against Ospreys on October 12.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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