Keven Mealamu's head butt

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Am I the only person that sees a similarity between Mealamu's headbutt on Moody and Bakkies Botha's one on Jimmy Cowan? I know that Bakkies got a ban - will the same apply to Kevin? Or do the All Blacks seem to get away with things like this?
 
Exactly the same with Dylan Hartley's shoulder charge into the All Black ruck.

If that was the Boks playing it would have been immediate citings.
 
Here is a video clip I found of the incident.

[video=youtube;1yE2Ky0awsA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yE2Ky0awsA[/video]
 
Thanx apoc.

Nothing will happen to him sadly. That is just as bad in my opinion. Should be a 4-6 week ban i reckon. Crazy how we get cited so fast yet other nations get away with it :(.
 
are only the teams involved in a game allowed to bring up this kind of action?
 
waynegohl said:
are only the teams involved in a game allowed to bring up this kind of action?
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AFAIK there are 2 options.
1. The opposing team can cite any player within a few hours of the match.
2. Each match has a citing commissioner. If he observes any foul play that was not adequately punished by the referee during the game, he can cite the player involved.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citing_commissioner

In rugby union, a citing commissioner is an independent official, appointed by the competition organizer, the union in which the match is taking place, or the International Rugby Board, who is responsible for citing players who commit foul play which is not detected by the match officials.

Teams may bring offences to the attention of the citing commissioner for review. The citing commissioner may cite a player even if the referee has already dealt with the issue (except where he has ordered a player from the field). When there is no citing commissioner, the teams participating in the match have the right to cite players, but may only cite a player for an infringement which the match officials have not dealt with.

A player who is cited is called to a hearing to show cause why he should not be treated as having been sent off for the alleged offence. The player is entitled to be represented. The hearing usually takes place before three independent persons nominated by the union or the competition organizer, and is generally convened within a week of the match in question. If the offence is proven, the panel issues a penalty, usually in the form of a suspension for a number of weeks.

There is disagreement on the fairness of citing, as a player who is cited is liable to receive a ban from all competitions for several weeks if found guilty, despite the fact that if the offence was detected during the match, he would have been likely to have received a caution and temporary suspension (yellow card) rather than being sent off.
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He will get a lighter sentence than Bakkies because of his record looks better than Bakkies'. But if nothing happens to him there should be a few serious questions asked.
 
phoneJunky said:
He will get a lighter sentence than Bakkies because of his record looks better than Bakkies'. But if nothing happens to him there should be a few serious questions asked.
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Over the years i think it is expected nothing will happen, let SA look at someone funny and we get cited :D.
 
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