More woe for Reds
20 Mar 2012
Reds winger Digby Ioane has been suspended for five weeks for a dangerous tackle in their match against the Sharks.
Ioane tip-tackled Sharks flanker Marcell Coetzee, and while he was yellow carded for the offence, the citing commissioner decided the incident warranted further inspection.
Two previous disciplinary matters relating to dangerous tackles in 2008 counted against Ioane, who will be sidelined until the Reds’ round nine clash with the Blues in Auckland. The ban translates into four missed games, given the Reds have a bye in round eight.
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20 Mar 2012, 08:17 am
Harsh.
Should be 2 weeks max.
20 Mar 2012, 08:18 am
cereal offender draggin his name through the mud…
20 Mar 2012, 08:19 am
Yeah also thought it was 2 weeks max… Inconsistency!!
20 Mar 2012, 08:22 am
Cereal offender
Nom nom nom.
20 Mar 2012, 08:23 am
yip, no consistency whatsoever. That said, how the TJ didn’t call a red, or even worse, how the ref didn’t spot it (it happened right on front of him) still beggars belief.
@ufo(ufo)-2: has he been buggering his Weetbix?
20 Mar 2012, 08:24 am
Post Toasties?
20 Mar 2012, 08:24 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-4:
hehehe…
see the latest entrant into the south african darwin awards… known as The Dawies just booked his ticket to the big show…
Johannesburg – A Johannesburg skateboarder died when he collided with a truck on the Franschhoek pass in the Western Cape on Monday, paramedics said.
ER24 spokesperson Andre Visser said the 28-year-old sustained fatal injuries to his abdomen, chest and head and was declared dead at the scene.
He had apparently gone to the Boland town specifically for the ride.
“He was being followed by a friend in a car during his descent. Upon entering a sharp bend, the skateboarder ran into a truck coming up the hill.”
The driver of the truck was not injured, Visser said.
-SAPA
20 Mar 2012, 08:28 am
@ufo(ufo)-2:
Hehehe cereal offender…of the snap, crackle and pop variety?
5 weeks seem harsh but from memory he did it and got a suspension just to do it again in his comeback match. Slow learner it seems.
Having said that, in the Rebels/Cheetah game a tip tackle slipped through without even a penalty in the game. Cheetahs were protesting but both the ref and his sidekick ‘had something in their eye’ at that exact same moment…
20 Mar 2012, 08:29 am
In other news our cullart and xhosa brethren have been having a civil war in Grabouw.
This is very embraboer.
I expect a full report on my desk by the close of play.
20 Mar 2012, 08:29 am
fark him.
i have no sympathy.
a rigged rugby comp won by the reds…with the dirty keewees waiting in the wings for scraps…only too happy…
hope they fark each other out of points in the ozz conference, same for keewees.
bulls should aim for a 50 pointer.
hulle’s windgat hierdie tronkvoels.
20 Mar 2012, 08:31 am
Should’ve gotten a straight red, like Hougaardt vs Cheetahs.
20 Mar 2012, 08:34 am
Justice.
Tacitus will be pleased.
20 Mar 2012, 08:34 am
@welcome to my life, hugh…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-10:
yeah… i don’t either… seems he won’t learn…
also think it’s good to see an aus getting the long end of the stick for a change…
20 Mar 2012, 08:36 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-9:
It’s horrible, actually. But there have been a number of violent “service delivery” protests in the past week or so, many of them with no clearly defined demands or reasons for protesting, and no clearly defined community leader.
Some claim there might be more sinister reasons behind it.
20 Mar 2012, 08:37 am
Will he miss the Stormers game in Brisbane? This guy was dangerous against the Shaaks!
20 Mar 2012, 08:37 am
What happened in Grabouw?
20 Mar 2012, 08:38 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-15:
reckon he’ll be back for that…
20 Mar 2012, 08:38 am
@Dawn(Dawn)-16:
Tires burning, rubber bullets flying and tear gas spraying.
20 Mar 2012, 08:39 am
They call it a service delivery protest.
20 Mar 2012, 08:39 am
Not even Bakkies would have got 5 weeks for that tackle after a yellow!
A few years back that tackle would have been applauded… soft *****…
20 Mar 2012, 08:40 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-18: Normal weekend then?
20 Mar 2012, 08:41 am
Gunther
For that bit os racism (xhosa and cullart), I expect a freebie.
20 Mar 2012, 08:41 am
Indeed.
Something is afoot.
Its clearly an ANC plot.
Of these people have issues they should do what white folk do and write disgruntled letters to the Cape Times.
20 Mar 2012, 08:42 am
Hmmmm.
“But in the dead of night, African residents had started mobilising, said a woman.
‘We call it “set up”. Tyres started burning and rocks were placed in the road. It was time. People were singing and the police came,’ she said with a grin. ‘I tell you, we have plans. Next is the white school. But the problem is that this morning a coloured guy stabbed a black guy. We are going to speak to his parents tonight. We have elected three people to do so.’
‘A few kilometres away, in the predominantly coloured area of Pine View, an African man lay screaming in pain. He had been stoned.
Dozens of incensed coloured residents gathered around him to hurl insults. ‘Ja, jou k****r,’ screamed one.
‘They underestimated us! They’re going to die!’ screeched another.
Every time the man screamed in pain, the coloured crowd jeered and laughed.
‘They, these blacks, came and burnt our children’s school. Why? We waited for this school for so long. They must wait their turn,’ a burly woman said, to nods of agreement from neighbours.
The school she is referring to is Groenberg Secondary. According to Western Cape MEC Donald Grant, three of its classrooms were vandalised and protestors tried to torch its storeroom yesterday morning.
After an ambulance took the man away, the crowd focused their attention on rumours that coloureds were being attacked and murdered.
‘They’re coming,’ a scream went up suddenly.
The mob ran towards Gaffley Road, a dirt road between the African and coloured communities.
Over the hill came dozens of African men, women and children, armed with sticks and chanting and shouting.
And up the hill moved their coloured neighbours. As the groups came face to face, stones filled the air, as did agonising screams.
There was blood.
Gunshots rang out as the clashes continued for almost an hour.”
Madness.
20 Mar 2012, 08:43 am
@ufo(ufo)-17: Damn
20 Mar 2012, 08:43 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-23:
Or phone in to a radio station and complain there.
20 Mar 2012, 08:44 am
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-20:
hey bryce…
glad you’re here…
please could you give me the site(s) from where you get your stats…? i know you did before but can’t find it now…
20 Mar 2012, 08:44 am
Email me Dawn and I will sort you out.
20 Mar 2012, 08:44 am
Am with the brothers
Deliver service or die
20 Mar 2012, 08:45 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-25:
hehehe…
he’s gonna be rested and roaring to go…!!
good…!!
we’ll deserve out points…!!
20 Mar 2012, 08:47 am
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-14: Whenever I hear the word sinister i always think of Uchiha Madara or Tobi. Madara could be manipulating the people with his Sharingan. The same way he manipulated The Fourth Mizukage which resulted in the Hidden Village of Mist being known as the Hidden Village of Blood Mist.
20 Mar 2012, 08:48 am
I’m sorry, but 5 weeks for that tackle is a joke. It was hardly a tip tackle. Coetzee landed on his back, not his neck (not to even mention his head). At the very most a penalty. When the yellow card came out I thought that was harsh. But this is just ridiculous. I understand the need to protect players, but there are FAR worse things that happen every match than this. And don’t get me started on this new trend of ALWAYS staying down in agony after such a tackle, only to get up and soldier on once the punishment has been handed out. Before tip tackles were so frowned upon, hardly anyone spent minutes lying down. Now it’s almost expected of you. Nee man.
20 Mar 2012, 08:48 am
@ufo(ufo)-2: really? “cereal” must kellogs frosties
serial maybe
20 Mar 2012, 08:49 am
@Sasuke(Sasuke)-31:
20 Mar 2012, 08:49 am
@ufo(ufo)-30: True.
20 Mar 2012, 08:50 am
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-24: “There was blood” Where was Blood my brother from the surf club?
20 Mar 2012, 08:54 am
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-34:
20 Mar 2012, 08:56 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-33:
lightening things up…
seems everyone else got it…
20 Mar 2012, 08:57 am
Absolute horse s*h*i*t – watched the tackle again on you tube no ways was this as dangerous as say the Andries Strauss tackle v the Lions and IMO not dangerous – they must appeal this one !
20 Mar 2012, 08:58 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-32: SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron interviewed Ioane and Reds coach Ewen McKenzie before proposing a five-match ban, despite ruling there was ‘no intention to injure the player’.
“The tackle involved the player lifting the opposition player, tipping him beyond the horizontal and driving him backwards into the ground, in one motion,” Heron said.
“The Sharks player broke his fall with his right arm and landed on his back. The tackle was dangerous, although it appears from the footage that Ioane attempts to control the opposition player by keeping hold of him until he was brought to ground.”
“That was not achieved safely in the circumstances and I find that the tackle was in breach of Law 10.4(j).”
“I accept, however, that there was no intention to injure the player or to drive him forcefully into the ground.”
“Rather, Ioane has executed the tackle with poor technique and was reckless as to the danger caused.”
20 Mar 2012, 08:59 am
@WP Till I Die(WP-Forever)-24: Geez.
Thats bad.
Im gonna go to Grabouw tomorrow, calm things down.
Gunther, you coming?
20 Mar 2012, 09:00 am
As for the tackle?
5 weeks?
Come on!
20 Mar 2012, 09:02 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-32: I think you need to watch the incident again. It is the perfect example of a tip tackle. It should have been a red card and 2/3 week ban.
20 Mar 2012, 09:06 am
@Taahirah(Taahirah)-42: He has a history with dangerous tackles.
20 Mar 2012, 09:06 am
Bring me my machine gun.
Pesky protesters.
20 Mar 2012, 09:06 am
@tuffa(tuffa)-43: I think you need to decide whether we’re following rugby or lawn croquet. I saw the tackle plenty times. It’s the most innocuous “tip tackle” I’ve seen, and yet their star back is out for 5 weeks. Smells fishy to me.
20 Mar 2012, 09:07 am
Speaking of cereal, did you hear about the orphan cereal?
Snap, Crackle… but no Pop.
20 Mar 2012, 09:11 am
@ufo(ufo)-13:
yip, die wiel draai vir elke man en elke land. for too long they have cheated some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time….but as the saying goes…
@bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)-20:
you must be fuckingshittingme bruce….
they (read: the cuzins) would have asked to have bakkies hobbled at the ankles or something like that.
20 Mar 2012, 09:13 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-45: Machine Gun Preacher?
20 Mar 2012, 09:14 am
I seem to have wandered into a parallel universe.
Where is Tacitus.
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