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Montpellier's Steyn sees appeal thrown out
By Alex Fisher
Francois Steyn will be made to serve a four-week ban for a dangerous tackle on Jonathan Sexton after the Montpellier fly-half's appeal was thrown out.
The South Africa international was shown a red card during Montpellier's 57-3 European Champions Cup thumping at the hands of Leinster last month for a reckless tackle on Ireland number 10 Sexton.
Steyn has served half of his suspension and will miss the Top 14 matches against Toulouse and Lyon after an independent appeal committee ruled that his punishment should stand.
The 29-year-old could have been banned forup to six weeks, but a guilty plea and his remorse for the incident were taken into account when the verdict was initially made.
Steyn will be available to return for the trip to Clermont Auvergne on March 11.
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One that will start to come up from now on is penalties for back pushes during kick chase scrambles. Very difficult to detect. In Croke Park if you replay the Hendy NH try, you will see Furbank push Porter in the back, who collides with Larmour knocking the ball across into Hendy’s path to dot down. A more significant example was in the RWC QTR final where Arendse pushes Fickou into two other French players for the ball to spill into Arendse’s path for him to gather and run in to score SAs first try. Not cheating if you are not caught and very difficult to spot but with kicking becoming so critical I feel its an area that will referreeed/TMO-ed more.
Go to commentsWhat a pathetic little twit Andy Goode is, as if we care what he thinks…..😂
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