Super Rugby News

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of Round 16 of 2012 Super Rugby, with no White Card incidents, Citings or Off-field Yellow Cards issued.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the thirteenth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with one White Card incident and one Citing from the weekend.

A SANZAR Judicial Hearing has found Michael Hooper of the Brumbies guilty of Law 10.4 (j) after he was cited following a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the twelfth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with two White Card incidents from the weekend.

Deon Fourie of the Stormers and Ashley Johnson of the Cheetahs have been issued with off-field yellow cards for contravening Law 10.4 (m) Acts Contrary to Good Sportsmanship during a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has recalled his decision of 1 May 2012 of a 3 Week Suspension to Highlanders player James Haskell and replaced it with a 4 week suspension.

Please note that there are three changes to the referee appointments for the 2012 Super Rugby Week Twelve South African Conference matches in Durban and Cape Town.

A SANZAR Judicial Hearing has found Andries Ferreira of the Cheetahs not guilty of contravening Law 10.4 (e) Dangerous Tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent dangerously. A tackle around the neck or head of an opponent is dangerous play, after he was cited during a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has accepted a guilty plea from Luke Jones of the Rebels for contravening Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a Player from the ground and either dropping or driving that Player’s head and/or upper body into the ground whilst the Player’s feet are off the ground, after he was Cited during a Super Rugby Match at the Weekend.

A SANZAR Misconduct Hearing for Melbourne Rebels player Adam Byrnes has been held in front of Judicial Officer Nigel Hampton QC.

The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has accepted a guilty plea from James Haskell of the Highlanders for contravening Law10.4 (a) Punching or Striking after he was Cited during a Super Rugby Match at the Weekend. Haskell struck Cheetahs player Justin Downey twice as he left a scrum that was being completed, with a scuffle breaking out between several players following the incident.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the tenth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with three White Card incidents which led to two citings, while there were no off-field yellows or red cards shown.

The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has accepted a guilty plea from Butch James of the Lions for contravening Law 10.4 (h) A player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Charging includes any contact made without use of the arms, or without grasping that player, after he was Cited during a Super Rugby Match at the Weekend. James charged into a ruck near the Brumbies Goal Line and made contact with Brumbies player Scott Fardy after a penalty had been blown to the Lions.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the ninth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with no White Card incidents and one citing.

The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has accepted a guilty plea from Rob Horne of the Waratahs for contravening Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player’s head or upper body into the ground whilst that player’s feet are still off the ground, after he was Cited during a Super Rugby Match at the Weekend for a dangerous tackle on Rebels player Kurtley Beale in the 60th minute of the match between the Waratahs and the Rebels at Allianz Stadium.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the eighth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with no White Card incidents, Citings or Off-field Yellow Cards issued.

This week we had the opportunity to catch up with South African referee Craig Joubert, who is not only part of SANZAR’s elite panel of officials, but recently wrapped up overseeing Mexico and Jamaica in Mexico City – which officially began the qualifying process for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the seventh week of 2012 Super Rugby, with three White Card incidents and four Off Field Yellow Cards.

Three off-field yellows have been issued for for contravening Law 10.4 (a) Punching or Striking an Opponent.

The first incident occured during the Hurricanes v Sharks match, and later that evening a seperate incident occured during the Reds v Brumbies match - for 2012 Super Rugby Week Seven.

Sanzarrugby.com reviews the judicial affairs of the sixth week of 2012 Super Rugby, with one White Card issued and no Red Cards or Off Field Yellow Cards issued throughout the weekend, while there were two players cited.