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    Post South Africa centre Jaque Fourie suspended for four weeks

    From correspondents in Hamilton, New Zealand
    September 13, 2009



    South Africa centre Jaque Fourie has been suspended for four weeks for a dangerous tackle in the closing stages of Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand.

    Fourie was cited for a dangerous tackle on his All Blacks opposite Ma'a Nonu with 10 minutes remaining in the Test won by South Africa 32-29 to claim southern hemisphere rugby supremacy for the first time in five years.

    At a judicial hearing here on Sunday, SANZAR judicial officer Paul Tully rejected Fourie's plea that the lifting tackle was reckless rather than intentional and should be viewed at the lower end of the penalty scale.

    “There was a reckless lifting tackle which was clearly dangerous and placed the player in a vulnerable position when he landed on his neck and shoulder,” Tully said in his judgement after viewing video evidence.

    Fourie indicated that for recovery reasons he would not be available for South Africa's domestic Currie Cup competition next week and the suspension would begin the following week.


    http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-32464,00.html

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    Sounds fair to me. When I saw it my first instinct was RED Card.

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    Well he got off lightly.... with a late Boks red card the All Blacks may have won that match...

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    i thought he was gonna get a yellow for that, looked bad, all hes gonna miss is currie cup games but still

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    It was a nasty piece of work, he's got off extremely lucky here.

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    What about Kieran Read's shoulder charge on Habana "O" sorry I forgot he doesn't play for South Africa so he won't be cited.

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    Totally unnecessary and reckless. If Nonu had enough brains to realise he could have been seriously injured he'd be outraged. It was as clear a spear tackle as it gets which are RED card offences straight up. 4 weeks is very light 8 would have been more appropriate.

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    o yeh reidy that was disgraceful!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pieter blackie View Post
    What about Kieran Read's shoulder charge on Habana "O" sorry I forgot he doesn't play for South Africa so he won't be cited.
    Reids shoulder charge was soft... he could have spread Habana all over the advertising signs if he really wanted to do damage... Habana dives like a Italian Serie A soccer player....

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