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Tongan Thor cited after reckless play
By RugbyPass
Wallabies and Reds prop Taniela Tupou could be in for a sideline stint after being cited for alleged foul play during his side's loss against the Stormers on Sunday morning.
Tupou is alleged to have contravened Law 9.13 A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously after collecting Stormers wing Craig Barry above the shoulders without using his arms.
Upon further review of the match footage, the Citing Commissioner deemed that the incident had met the Red Card threshold for foul play.
Despite the Citing Commissioner's opinion, at the time of the incident there was no sanction assessed by referee Marius van der Westhuizen.
The Case is to be considered in the first instance by the SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee which will take place via video-conference.
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All non-British and Irish players should be excluded anyway. It should be for players born in the UK and Ireland not imports on residency! The Barbarians have sold out and are now a predominantly a SH team and the Lions are going the same way. It would be interesting to see what is on VDM’s passport, probably still South Africa. I feel quite strongly on this and would hope that the Lions committee see it the same way but money talks and so the decline begins.
Go to commentsMight work very well, Nick. Les Kiss as DoR and Stuart Lancaster as chief coach. Two very good rugby men working in tandem. Certainly worked out well at Leinster for Stuart. In some ways a similar situation exists for him now, as did when he moved to Dublin. Rejected by England then, this time rejected by Racing.
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