Is this a red card?
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<p>Zas gets 2 week ban, misses one Super Rugby game v Sunwolves</p>
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<p>Article on Planet Rugby website:<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Two-week ban for Zas after red card</strong></span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">May 2 2016</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Stormers winger Leolin Zas has been suspended for two weeks following his red card for tackling a player in the air last weekend.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The SANZAAR Duty Judicial Officer Nigel Hampton QC accepted a guilty plea from Zas for contravening Law 10.4 (i) – Tackling, tapping, pushing or pulling an Opponent jumping for the ball in a lineout or in open play – after he was red carded.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Zas made contact with Waratahs fly-half Bernard Foley who was in the air attempting to catch a ball during the match between the Stormers and Waratahs at Newlands on Saturday.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Zas has been suspended from all forms of the game for two weeks up to and including Saturday, May 14.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SANZAAR Duty Judicial Officer Nigel Hampton QC assessed the case. In his finding, Hampton ruled the following: “Leolin Zas (the player) and his representatives appeared before me and admitted a breach of the Law 10.4(I) charge.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“I found it was a lower end offence on the basis that the video footage showed the player’s right foot slipping as he was readying to compete for the ball in the air. This resulted in him moving on through and under the opposing player, causing that player to fall dangerously to the ground. Fortunately the opposing player was uninjured.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“The low end entry point for the sanction was a three-week suspension. There were no aggravating factors.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“As to mitigation, I took into account the player’s youth and his early guilty plea, as well as his already expressed apology and his contrition.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“I allowed a reduction of one week, making a suspension from all rugby of two weeks, up to and including Saturday, May 14.â€</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Stormers have a bye next weekend.<strong> I was provided written evidence that the player would have been chosen to play for Western Province in a Currie Cup match</strong> against the Natal Sharks that forthcoming weekend. <strong>So that match should be, and is, taken into account as a match which he will be unable to play in</strong>. In addition, he will be ineligible to play in the Super Rugby match against the Sunwolves on May 14.â€</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ha, there's the "evidence" again ... </span></span></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="576355" data-time="1462169470"><p>Thing is, eyes only for the ball is a fairly shit excuse - you need to be aware of your opponent in that situation</p></blockquote><br>That argument applies to the bloke doing his Nureyev impersonation as well. You can't blindly leap without consideration for your own health.
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<p>if they are so concerned about these sorts of things.. why not just ban jumping for the ball from a kick from hand? Easier to police, safer.. and not much loss of spectacle.</p>
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Its the Jared Payne precedent. Having your eye on the ball the whole time actually acts against you as you are not aware of your surroundings. Therefore deemed more reckless.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Not sure I would want to see it but if they are really serious the only way they can fully protect players is to ban jumping. There is something theatrical in seeing a well taken leaping catch that I would hate to see removed from the game.</p>
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<p>can't remember what show it was on but last week at some stage I heard while I was fecking around with kids and tv was on in the background (and sorry I can't remember who...) saying that NZ guys are specifically trained to jump and only lift one knee keeping the other one straight - lowers your centre of gravity and keeps you more stable in the air...</p>
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<p>SA guys seem to lift both knees up when they go up.</p> -
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<p>can't remember what show it was on but last week at some stage I heard while I was fecking around with kids and tv was on in the background (and sorry <strong>I can't remember who</strong>...) saying that NZ guys are specifically trained to jump and only lift one knee keeping the other one straight - lowers your centre of gravity and keeps you more stable in the air...</p>
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<p>SA guys seem to lift both knees up when they go up.</p>
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<p>if they are so concerned about these sorts of things.. why not just ban jumping for the ball from a kick from hand? Easier to police, safer.. and not much loss of spectacle.</p>
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<p>I was thinking the self-same thing. If the act (jumping) is causing so much grief then simpler to outlaw the practice. Jumping into tackles is contrary to the law still I believe, so why not this also? It would take away the lottery that we have at the moment. Basically if you jump early enough then you are effectively removing the contest for the ball as things stand.</p> -
<p>Can't argue with either of those!</p>
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<p>Yeah it's a tough one because by eliminating jumping, we're losing another contest for the ball</p>
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<p>Perhaps both have to jump, which is pretty much what we've got. Replays should look for slipping though (the Stormer last week) and that's a yellow rather than red. Particularly pertinent given some of the surfaces lately</p>
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<p>Perhaps best to keep it in the players awareness, define, through the use of past examples (video footage) the unacceptable acts and why, then send a team around all the pro teams explaining this and what they should be doing. Then disseminate that info to all amateur players.</p>
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<p>Make sure all players and coaches understand what techniques are acceptable and especially when to use judgement to pull out of a contest if you're not quite there on time. Stress it's the same for both jumpers - at the moment there seems a slight bias discriminating against the attacking contester (maybe not, just seems that way)</p> -
<p>should take turns at catching, last bomb put up was taken by team a, so now team b's turn....</p>
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<p>I think the red card and ban are pretty harsh, at what stage do you have to pull out of chasing the ball in case opposition jumps. Zac was going to jump by look of it and planted foot slipped. Like some have said it getting to stage if you jump no one will be able to compete the way things are going.</p>
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<p>Maybe they need to make it a rule that you can only jump straight up. players would be better able to judge if they will get under the ball in time to jump straight up to catch and return straight down also means less likely for mid air collisions. basically becomes a race to the spot to jump and if the ball is given enough hang time both players will be jumping straight up and barely have a chance of taking the other out in some horror fashion</p>
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<p>will you have to come to a complete stop, or just slow to ensure it is clear to jump?</p>
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<p>Some interesting views expressed.</p>
<p>I hold the view that Zas slipped, resulting in an unfortunate and potentially very dangerous incident.</p>
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<p>Having said that, I am all in favour of the Red Card. My thinking being that you want absolutely zero grey area in the refs interpretation of these incidents. They are just too dangerous and we have now had 2 incidents in short time where tragedy could have struck. If you bring in <em>intent </em>or <em>accidental</em> as elements there is just too much room for inconsistent interpretation. The second player competing for the kick needs to carry the responsibility.</p>
<p>So practically that means that the kick receiver, in the air, gets "unfair" advantage over the second player competing for the kick. And I'm ok with that. Teams will need to adjust and take that into consideration when kicking away the ball.</p>
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<p>For me the next step - post game sanctions - is where mitigation can come into effect.</p>
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<p>In this latest case, I have some sympathy for Zas, but I am ok with the 2 weeks ban.</p> -
<p>Bloody hell, I've just supported Marto over Kafe due to this. Sheesh, I'll be supporting Trump next and reading Whaleoil.</p>
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<p>Nathan Grey is just an idiot by trying to make out it was deliberate tactic and the guy didn't slip - you can clearly see Zas' leg slip.</p>
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<p>Some interesting views expressed.</p>
<p>I hold the view that Zas slipped, resulting in an unfortunate and potentially very dangerous incident.</p>
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<p>Having said that, I am all in favour of the Red Card. My thinking being that you want absolutely zero grey area in the refs interpretation of these incidents. They are just too dangerous and we have now had 2 incidents in short time where tragedy could have struck. If you bring in <em>intent </em>or <em>accidental</em> as elements there is just too much room for inconsistent interpretation. The second player competing for the kick needs to carry the responsibility.</p>
<p><strong>So practically that means that the kick receiver, in the air, gets "unfair" advantage over the second player competing for the kick.</strong> And I'm ok with that. Teams will need to adjust and take that into consideration when kicking away the ball.</p>
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<p>For me the next step - post game sanctions - is where mitigation can come into effect.</p>
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<p>In this latest case, I have some sympathy for Zas, but I am ok with the 2 weeks ban.</p>
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<p>This is an interesting idea. You could argue that the defending player could have more rights than attacking players I guess.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Billy Webb" data-cid="576871" data-time="1462343585"><p>The second player competing for the kick needs to carry the responsibility.<br>So practically that means that the kick receiver, in the air, gets "unfair" advantage over the second player competing for the kick. And I'm ok with that.</p></blockquote><br>What if the player in the air has leapt above a player standing to take a mark and due to the player jumping into the air they clatter into the grounded player and fall awkwardly? Why should the stationary player bear the burden here?
