Queensland winger Digby Ioane has been suspended for five weeks (four matches) for a tip tackle on Sharks flanker Marcell Coetzee.
The incident occurred during the Reds’ 27-22 loss to the Sharks in Durban last Saturday.
Two previous disciplinary matters relating to dangerous tackles in 2008 counted against Ioane, who will be sidelined until the Reds’ round nine match with the Blues in Auckland on the ANZAC Day weekend.
He would have missed five matches, but the Reds have a bye in round eight.
The Wallabies star’s suspension deepens the Reds’ backline crisis ahead of this weekend’s showdown with the Bulls in Pretoria.
Ioane has been suspended from all forms of the game up to and including Saturday 21 April after contravening Law 10.4 (j). Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground is dangerous play.
The incident occurred in the 40th minute of the Reds match against the Sharks on Saturday 17 March.
SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron assessed the case.
With a bye-week scheduled for round eight, Ioane will miss the Reds next four games before once again being available for selection when the Reds travel to New Zealand to play the Blues in round 10.
That clash will be the first of a two-match tour in New Zealand with games against the Blues on Friday 27 April and the Crusaders on Sunday 6 May
This just shows the inconsistency in the whole judicial process.
There should be a standard ban.
Luke Braid also suspended for 3 weeks
Aussies up in arms over the bans – unfair and inconsistent, some of the wailing complaints gushing out of Dingoville. It’s our turn to jump on the band wagon and tell them what a bunch of whinging termites they are, the fouls were much worse than the replays show, and the bans not nearly long enough.
Did you see how Braid attacked a defenceless player pinned to the ground and unable to protect himself – how he used his martial art knowledge of a forearm hiokie poikie and a flat hand jab to try to render the said player unable to continue playing. His defence? The frustration caused from the said player killing the ball, and not allowing fair play.
C’mon, you lads from the land where men are men, and sheep are nervous, get over it. Alls fair in love and war. We have copped some harsh penalties over the years, for equally insignificant incidents, and been taken to task by your media (and in reality, it was completely insignificant, a knock with the fore arm, and a light fanny slap). Time for you to cop it too. Hahaha
Ban ’em I say, throw the book at ’em. Send them for counselling, make them do community service and make them grovel, plead and apologise on state television – Nice, now the shoe is on the other foot!
On a more serious note – last post just a bit of fun – Ionie’s ban could have been double, and was reduced because of Sanzar’s new disciplinary rules, i.e. that the player accepted an early guilty plea rather than go to a hearing where the sentence would have been much greater. This is his third banning infringement, and thus the reason it was so much greater than Hougaards and Rangers.
The Aussies have been found out and the “boot” is on the other foot. All of these k*k little sneaky moves where no one can see are now exposed….they are going to get pinged more and more……just thinking the amount of injuries this year indicate more and more that the guys are playing too much rugby. I am so against this Super 15 it is unbelievable!!!
@ 4man:Agree with being against Super 15, and the possibility of a Super 18 is even worse. But I am not against Super Rugby per se, Would love to see it toned down to much fewer teams, mus=ch less matches, and a much higher intensity. It is now too diluted, and this local conference stuff is just ruining the Currie Cup
@ Just For Kicks:
ja…too right. I would like to see it scaled right down. Play a Super 12, then do a 4 nations every 2nd year out of sync with the world cup and in the odd years the guys can do year end tours etc….even that is a lot of rugby.
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