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Red card earns Coetzee a five-week ban
By Alex Fisher
Lions hooker Robbie Coetzee has been suspended from all forms of the game for five weeks following his red card in Sunday's 54-10 Super Rugby victory over the Southern Kings.
Coetzee was sent off just after the half hour by referee Jaco Peyper after charging into a ruck and hitting Chris Cloete's head with his knee.
His absence was not felt by the Lions who secured an impressive bonus point win, running in seven tries, Kwagga Smith grabbing himself a brace.
Lions coach Johan Ackermann will be without Coetzee until July 1 after a SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee ruled the challenge was "intentional" and merited a suspension at eight weeks.
Coetzee's guilty plea, apology to Cloete and remorse at the incident earned him a reduction in that ban and the Lions will only miss him for one Super Rugby match.
With the Lions having a bye for the next round of fixtures the forward will only miss the clash with the Sunwolves on July 1, and will be ready to return in their following fixture against the Sharks.
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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😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
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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