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   <title><![CDATA[Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks :   Red_Machine wrote:It&amp;#039;s...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.lionsworld.co.za/forumnew/member_profile.asp?PF=20">PaBz0r</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 7719<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02-Apr-2019 at 12:56pm<br /><br /><table width="99%"><tr><td class="BBquote"><img src="forum_images/quote_box.png" title="Originally posted by Red_Machine" alt="Originally posted by Red_Machine" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" /> <strong>Red_Machine wrote:</strong><br /><br />It's even more ridiculous that the Blues wing Tele'a also gets a 4 week ban for his timing issue in the Lleyds challenge.</td></tr></table><div><br></div><div>It is a joke, Lleyds decided to jump when the attacking player was already within close proximity. He put himself at risk by doing that and should bare the coincidences of that action. Just protecting the jumper is BS in such a situation, the guy that jumps must also make a call if it is safe to jump or not.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks : its ludicrous that Akker gets...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.lionsworld.co.za/forumnew/member_profile.asp?PF=128">Red_Machine</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 7719<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02-Apr-2019 at 12:48pm<br /><br />its ludicrous that Akker gets a lighter sentence. It's even more ridiculous that the Blues wing Tele'a also gets a 4 week ban for his timing issue in the Lleyds challenge.]]>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks :   Transvaal wrote:&amp;gt;&amp;gt;but...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.lionsworld.co.za/forumnew/member_profile.asp?PF=25">WitBoer</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 7719<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02-Apr-2019 at 12:20pm<br /><br /><table width="99%"><tr><td class="BBquote"><img src="forum_images/quote_box.png" title="Originally posted by Transvaal" alt="Originally posted by Transvaal" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" /> <strong>Transvaal wrote:</strong><br /><br />&gt;&gt;<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;">but due to the Player's previous two periods of suspension for striking offences, the Judicial Committee were unable to provide the full 50% discount for the sanction. This leads to a sanction of 4 weeks.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;">Presies wat ek gese het, so volgens sy dissiplinere rekord was hy al reeds 2 keer vantevore vir slaan geskors, so dis sy 3rde keer en is sy straf swaarder as die van Akker, al is dit nou net 1 week langer</span></div></td></tr></table><div>Hy is eintlik vir 5 weke geskors... 4 Wedstryde... Akker is geskors tot en met 19 April en hy is tot en met 4 Mei...&nbsp;</div>]]>
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   <title><![CDATA[Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks : &amp;gt;&amp;gt;but due to the Player&amp;#039;s...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.lionsworld.co.za/forumnew/member_profile.asp?PF=3">Transvaal</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 7719<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02-Apr-2019 at 11:16am<br /><br />&gt;&gt;<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;">but due to the Player's previous two periods of suspension for striking offences, the Judicial Committee were unable to provide the full 50% discount for the sanction. This leads to a sanction of 4 weeks.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; : rgb251, 251, 253;">Presies wat ek gese het, so volgens sy dissiplinere rekord was hy al reeds 2 keer vantevore vir slaan geskors, so dis sy 3rde keer en is sy straf swaarder as die van Akker, al is dit nou net 1 week langer</span></div>]]>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks : JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HEARING NEWS...]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.lionsworld.co.za/forumnew/member_profile.asp?PF=3">Transvaal</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 7719<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02-Apr-2019 at 11:13am<br /><br /><h1 ="h1" style="color: rgb32, 32, 32; font-family: Arial; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HEARING NEWS RELEASE</span></span></span></h1><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Hearing Details (date, time and venue):&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Tuesday 2 April 2019 8am(SAST), 5pm(AEDT), 7pm(NZDT)&nbsp;via video-conference</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Judicial Committee Chairperson:&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Helen Morgan</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Judicial Committee Members:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;David Croft and Lawrence Sephaka</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Player</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">: Schalk Brits</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Team:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;Bulls</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Position:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;Hooker</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Date of Incident:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;30 March 2019</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Nature of Offence:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;Law 9.12: A player must not physically abuse anyone. Physical abuse includes, but is not&nbsp;limited to punching or striking with the hand or arm.</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Elapsed time in match when incident occurred:</strong><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;58min</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><u style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><strong>SANZAAR NEWS RELEASE</strong></u><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><str&#111;ng style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Schalk Brits suspended for 4 weeks</strong><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">A SANZAAR Judicial Committee Hearing has found Schalk Brits of the Bulls guilty of contravening Law 9.12: A player must not physically abuse anyone after he was issued with a Red Card during a Super Rugby match at the weekend.</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Brits has been suspended for 4 weeks, up to an including 4 May 2019. This suspension covers the period of the Player's next 4 Super Rugby matches.</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">The incident occurred in the 58th minute of the match between the Sharks and Bulls played at Johnson Kings Park in Durban on 30 March 2019.</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">The SANZAAR Judicial Hearing held via video conference on Tuesday 2 April 2019 8am(SAST), 5pm(AEDT), 7pm(NZDT) was heard by Helen Morgan, David Croft and Lawrence Sephaka.</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">In her finding, the Judicial Committee Chairperson Helen Morgan ruled the following:&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">"Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative, Gert van der Merwe, the Judicial Committee upheld the Red Card under Law 9.12."&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">""With respect to sanction the Judicial Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a mid-range entry point of 6 weeks due to the World Rugby instructions that dictate any incident of foul play involving contact with the head must start at a mid-range level. The evidence demonstrated the Player contacted the opposing Player's head with&nbsp;more than one&nbsp;punch. However, taking into account mitigating factors including the Player's demonstrated remorse,&nbsp;extensive experience,&nbsp;the fact the&nbsp;Player’s actions were in self-defence and the&nbsp;Player has pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity, the Judicial Committee reduced the suspension by 2 weeks.&nbsp; The Judicial Committee was conscious of the fact that the Player was not the instigator of the incident, but due to the Player's previous two periods of suspension for striking offences, the Judicial Committee were unable to provide the full 50% discount for the sanction. This leads to a sanction of 4 weeks."</span><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb80, 80, 80; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">"The player is therefore suspended from all forms of the game for 4 weeks, up to and including 4 May 2019.”</span>]]>
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