Johannesburg, South Africa (GenevaLunch) – Schalk Burger, the South African flanker, was given an eight-week ban, considered a lenient punishment, for gouging the eye of British and Irish Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald in the first minute of the test match on Saturday.
He was only given a yellow card at the time and the Springboks won the game 28-25 with a last minute penalty. Bakkies Botha was also suspended for two weeks for a dangerous charge on Adam Jones that dislocated the Lions’ prop’s shoulder.
Details, Telegraph, UK
Posted by Nicholas Bates on 29 June 2009 at 7:16 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 29 June 2009.
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Tags: Adam Jones, Bakkies Botha, British and Irish Lions, Luke Fitzgerald, Schalk Burger, South Africa, Springboks
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Should be a life ban. that sort of deliberate foul play is not required.