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Joe Moody facing another sideline stint after cheap shot
By Online Editors
Crusaders prop Joe Moody has been cited for alleged foul play during his side's historic Super Rugby victory over the Waratahs on Saturday night.
Moody is alleged to have contravened Law 9.12 Dangerous Play - Striking with the Arm, when he took Kurtley Beale out without the ball before running in support to score a try in the 35th minute.
Although the incident went without sanction at the time, upon further review of the match footage the Citing Commissioner deemed the incident had met the Red Card threshold for foul play.
Moody was making his first appearance of the season after missing nine months with a shoulder injury and a further month with a broken finger. He could be set for another sideline spell after this weekend's act of foul play, with a potential suspension on the cards.
The Case is to be considered in the first instance by the SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee on the 13th of May.
All SANZAAR disciplinary matters are in the first instance referred to the Foul Play Review Committee to provide the option of expediting the judicial process.
For a matter to be dispensed with at this hearing, the person appearing must plead guilty and accept the penalty offered by the Foul Play Review Committee.
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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