Georgia winger Lekso Gugava was on Monday suspended for five weeks after being found guilty of making a ‘dangerous tip tackle’ in his team’s final World Cup pool game against Argentina.
Gugava was cited by Independent Citing Commissioner Achille Reali from broadcast footage of the match, won by the Pumas 25-7 in Palmerston North on Sunday.
The suspension takes effect immediately and Gugava is free to resume playing on November 8







October 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 SAST
Mmmmm, I did not see the tackle….
… but let me say this, Paul Williams was RED CARDED for a blatant punch on Heinrich Brussow and the Citing Commissioner let him off scott-free… and this oke gets 5 weeks?
Where’s the consistency and the justice?
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:47 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Any word on the dirty, eye-gouging Italian?
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:48 SAST
2 @ GoBokkeAndIreland:
Have’nt seen anything on that yet, but yes, that was super kak!
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 SAST
awful!!! I could not believe he got away with it!!! especially after it was broadcast on the bigscreen at the stadium as well as all over the world!!!!!
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 SAST
They just follow the latest directives. If the directives say “crack down on tip tackles”, that’s what they do. If the directives say “crack down on kissing your granny”, expect a 6 week suspension!
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:56 SAST
Am I following you Tripples? or are you following me? Or do we both just have too much spare time on our hands?
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:56 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
You can only imagine how mal I was going – already had a few pints by then! It was disgusting. Hope he gets a long ban from ALL rugby.
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:57 SAST
hahahaha I am sooooooooo not interested in working at the mo’ and enjoy talking sh1t much more
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:58 SAST
@ Ooh yes, I so agree……sunamabits!!!!!
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:59 SAST
#9 was for #7
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:59 SAST
@ Tripples:
So tru, the same here.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 SAST
ok gotta go…..just been handed a rather laaaaarge friggin job, damn!!!!
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:03 SAST
@ Tripples:
Seemed to be the worst week of the WC as regards dirty play, citings etc?
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:04 SAST
11 @ The_Young_Turk:
Commisserations that your Itai’s fell out of RWC.
Did you have a lekker pomp… I mean kuier at “friends” yesterday?
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:08 SAST
13 @ GoBokkeAndIreland:
Yip, was a deadly week!
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Seems to have been the teams scrambling to make it into the next round, or, without anything left to play for.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 SAST
16 @ GoBokkeAndIreland:
At the end of the day, the TOP 8 IRB Ranked countries made it through, no surprises.
Just glad the early morning games are now out of the way… no more getting up at 02:00 or 04:00!
Missed a lot of sleep…. hahaha
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:20 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Hahaha – yeah, agree – I did feel a bit bad drinking at that time of the morning.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:08 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Was moerse disappointed in the Itais hey. But at least the delightful company, food and location made up for it.