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Originally Posted by denphone
Wales captain Sam Warburton will miss Wales' World Cup third-place play-off match after receiving a three-week ban for his "dangerous tip tackle" in the semi-final defeat by France and again we have another over the top punishment for something that was generally given a yellow card in our hemisphere.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...h/15325714.stm |
You realise the ref was from our hemisphere?
Anyway from looking back it appears the ref was correct and didn't have a choice.
A 2009 IRB memo states
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In 2007, the IRB Council approved a Laws Designated Members Ruling which essentially made it clear that tackles involving a player being lifted off the ground and tipped horizontally and were then either forced or dropped to the ground are illegal and constitute dangerous play.
The lifted player is dropped to the ground from a height with no regard to the player’s safety. A red card should be issued for this type of tackle.
http://www.rugbyrefs.com/wiki/index....gerous_Tackles
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