Free State Cheetahs prop Schalk van der Merwe would have appeared before a South African Rugby Union judicial committee on Tuesday, however the hearing was postponed till Wednesday.
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This follows after he received a red card for a dangerous (spear) tackle on Blue Bulls fullback Jurgen Visser in the team’s Currie Cup clash in Bloemfontein at the weekend.
The Cheetahs won 22-7 to book their place in the play-odds.
The player received a red card in the 74th minute, for lifting Visser in a tackle and failing to bring him back to the ground safely, therefore breaching Law 10.4 (j).
The hearing will take place in Cape Town.
André Oosthuizen has been appointed the judicial officer.
He deserves a lengthy ban, that was extremely dangerous.
@ MacroBull:
Looked bad on the footage I saw.
Glad to see the ref’ (Kaplan?) wasn’t scared to pull the red card out.
Too much f@nnying about by ref’s.If the rules say that the sanction for a “tip” tackle is a red card, then it should be a red card, not a yellow card with a possibility of a citing.
Was a very dangerous tackle indeed!
@ grootblousmile:
Was certainly that. Talk about a rush of blood to the head.
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