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Bulls lock Snyman suspended for four weeks. Three weeks more than Naholo completely justified IMO.
"With respect to sanction, the Foul Play Review Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a mid-range entry point of six weeks primarily due to the dangerous nature of the act and the direct contact with the opponent's head. However, taking into account mitigating factors including the player's good judicial record and early guilty plea, the Foul Play Review Committee reduced the suspension to four weeks." -
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@Tim Disappointing for him, the Crusaders and their fans, but maybe it's better to return against a weak team like the Rebels after such a long injury break. If he's fit, I have no doubt he'll be in the AB squad, even if he's only played 2 SR games. Kaino and Read will play less before the Lions tour. There's also the Crusaders v Lions game, and the Maori ABs game, in which Dagg can get game time.
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Don't mind Dagg missing the Suva game. We will probably rotate a few players for the Rebels game so a good time to bring Dagg back.
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Greg Pleasants-Tate will miss this weeks game due to a neck injury suffered from Snyman's shoulder charge. This is particularly worrying for him, as missed almost the entire 2016 Mitre 10 Cup with a neck injury.
http://superrugby.co.nz/News/30788/highlanders-wary-of-emerging-blues
Wing Waisake Naholo has headed home after drawing a one-week suspension following his red card and he will prepare for the Waratahs but the side have been joined by first five-eighths Lima Sopoaga, who ran with the squad and Tuesday and was looking good, and hooker Guy Millar who is covering for Greg Pleasants-Tate who suffered a neck injury as a result of the shoulder charge to his face by Bulls lock RG Snyman, who received a four week ban.
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"Early on I had a lot of headaches and it was hard to concentrate.
"But I'm a lot better now and probably a couple of weeks away [from playing].
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11857789
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Shaun Treeby cited for foul play (dangerous tackle on Piers Francis)
Treeby cited for foul play
Stormers centre Shaun Treeby has been cited for alleged foul play during his side's 30-22 Super Rugby win over the Blues on Saturday.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Shaun Treeby cited for foul play (dangerous tackle on Piers Francis)
Wow. If only a TMO had the time to review that footage during play and see a swinging arm.
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I think Ofa should have been cited, too, but luckily he didn't (as far as I know). At this stage of the competition (so close to the Lions tour), you don't want ABs (even the lesser ones) to get bans, because it might affect their eligibility to play for the ABs.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
I think Ofa should have been cited, too, but luckily he didn't (as far as I know). At this stage of the competition (so close to the Lions tour), you don't want ABs (even the lesser ones) to get bans, because it might affect their eligibility to play for the ABs.
I'd be happy for Ofa to get a ban if we are considering him to play the Lions
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I'm still lovin' the fact that 6 of the Brumbies' points are losing BonusPoints.
If anybody can be arsed, a table using current Conference rules but without the BPs?
(I actually agree with the BP system, it's just... another way of putting the boot into the Oz teams, and how shit they are. And SA. And shit - in a system when the local teams play each other more than anybody else, yet a single "conference" is still dominant... WTF?) -
@Kruse couldnt quite be arsed, here is table based purely on wins, no BPs
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@taniwharugby So, without bonus points, you would still get the same finalists under the current format, but in a different order because the Highlanders have moved up the table.
With bonus points, the QF after this round would be:
Crusaders v Sharks
Lions v Highlanders
Stormers v Chiefs
Brumbies v HurricanesWithout bonus points, the Lions would play the Chiefs and the Stormers would play the Highlanders.
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Bloody hell we need Coles to come right for the Lions, all of the other options make me nervous.
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@taniwharugby Cheers - I was mostly wondering if the table looked any more ridiculous with guaranteed spots for each conference leader - but not really.
With BPs - Brumbies with 23 points sit above Hurricanes with 43
Without BPs - Brumbies with 16 points sit above Hurricanes with 36
And now that I summarise the point I was wondering about to that extent - I realise it was ridiculously easy to do some basic subtraction to figure that out myself. But then, some bastard had "triggered" me into buying a bottle of whisky on Friday, and my vague memory of posting the question could be explained by that.
