justinr73 wrote:The red was rescinded. No act of foul play when Bobby B got his teeth rattled.
“The position of the Player’s (Kruger) head at the time of collision is entirely consistent with his evidence that [Baloucoune] slipped and fell into him. [Kruger] stood his ground but had turned to watch the flight of the ball which had been offloaded by [Baloucoune]. [Kruger] made no attempt to effect a tackle or indeed to interact with [Baloucoune] in any way. [Baloucoune] clearly loses his footing after the offload, slips and falls into the [Kruger]. This is corroborated by the statement of [Baloucoune],” read the decision from the Guinness PRO14 Disciplinary Committee.
“In the view of the Committee, this was a rugby collision which did not involve any act of foul play by [Kruger]. The Committee was unable to identify anything done by [Kruger] that either amounted to a contravention of the laws of the game, or contributed to the collision – other than standing his ground, which he was entitled to do.
“In these circumstances, the red card is rescinded.”