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Sale prop banned for three weeks for striking
By Online Editors
Sale prop Valery Morozov has paid a price for his red-carded foul play last weekend in France, the Russian getting banned for three weeks.
Morozov was sent off by referee Mike Adamson in the 65th minute of last Friday's defeat at La Rochelle for striking Lopeti Timani with his shoulder in a dangerous manner in contravention of Law 9.12.
An independent disciplinary committee consisting of chair Pamela Woodman (Scotland), Nigel Williams (Wales) and Val Toma (Romania) upheld the red card decision, finding that Morozov had made contact with Timani’s head in a dangerous manner.
The panel determined that the offence was at the mid-range of World Rugby’s sanctions and selected six weeks as the appropriate entry point.
Taking into account the considerable level of provocation by Timani prior to the incident, as well as the Sale player’s guilty plea and clear disciplinary record, the committee reduced the sanction by the maximum of 50 per cent before imposing a three-week suspension.
Morozov is free to play again on February 10 after missing Sale's final European game versus Glasgow, their Premiership visit to Exeter, and the Premiership Cup semi-final against Saracens.
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They bend the rules for pre-existing All Blacks, provided you've signed for a NZ franchise the following year.
Go to commentsUnder Rassie it is 5 wins for ABs, 1 draw, and 7 wins for the Boks. Of those games, only 3 were played in NZ, and 5 played in SA, and 5 on neutral ground.
Of the 3 played in NZ, the ABs only lost once. Of the games played in SA, SBs are 5-2, and on neutral ground its 3-2 to the Boks.
Seems pretty even to me, considering this is the greatest Boks team ever (I still think 2007 was better).
If Rassie wins, this will be the best Boks team ever, but the ABs aren't scared of a team who barely scrape wins against a reforming ABs team, and lost to an undercooked Irish side twice last year.
I predict a 7+ point win, leading by 13+ at halftime.
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