Wallabies lock gets heavy ban
15 Nov 2012
Rob Simmons has received an eight-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Yannick Nyanga in Paris last Saturday.
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said the ARU had not decided whether it would appeal.
‘We’re disappointed in the decision but I haven’t had the opportunity to read the decision yet and obviously we’ll do that before we settle on [whether] that’s the end of the matter or not,’ he said.
The IRB judicial officer deemed Simmons’s tackle to be at the ‘high end’ of the scale, so gave an entry point of 12 weeks. Two weeks was added as a ‘deterrent’ before six weeks was taken off the penalty for Simmons’s ‘exemplary previous disciplinary record’.
The Wallabies were dealt a further blow when centre Pat McCabe was ruled out of the Test against England with a stiff neck that requires further scans.
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16 Nov 2012, 01:23 am
and the missing word is?……………………..understand
16 Nov 2012, 14:34 pm
@katman-1: @MacToogie-41: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-21:
And all the rest said the same – blatant administrative favouritism and control of the system for years – Bakkies against the Lions was biggest stitch- up of all – and even this – Simmonds gets 14 weeks (-6 for “good behaviour blah blah) and Thorne ONE WEEK for just about breaking John Smit’s neck in a spear tackle – the rest of the rugby world has had it and starting to show a little bit (not enough) of courage to confront the travesty of the O’Brien/Mourie control and hold on the game.
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