Lood de Jager suspended for remainder of Springboks’ tour

So they didn’t apply mitigation and were miffed that he didn’t plead guilty?

Kangaroo court.

I'm shocked this didn't go to the TMO. I’d say the arm not being out would probably still mean a 20 minute red. The shoulder made direct contact to the head. The arm wasn't doing enough to deem it a legal tackle. A lot will disagree with this but that's the way the law has been set up.

It's a risk players run by playing on the edge. If you are the second player to enter a tackle you’re going to be dealing with a more mobile situation, need to anticipate this and not be diving in. But also just a step up from the yellow and why the 20 min card was introduced.

It was certainly not a thuggish act, which is what the straight red is for. So as per the ban, it upheld the straight red which is strange as it then applied mitigation. So a thuggish act but understandable? Not sure if there was any reduction for previous lack of cards. But I think the ban should be less in this case.

Is anyone ,at this point, surprised by the inconsistancies of W.R?

Good points in the comments. Saw clips yesterday which I missed on the weekend - Gus Gardner actaully said that Lood was very low & there was a significant dip from Ramos & he was being tackled.

The one assistant - Nika Amashukeli convinced Gardner otherwise. “always illegal” he said. Yet he can’t ref a scrum properly form the sideline 🤣

Why is there no mention of the ball hitting his face just before contact is made? He was extremely low , fully committed then the ball hits his face, here you will naturally close your eyes and protect your body before impact, I strongly believe that if the ball did not strike his face a completely different outcome …..

Rugby really is becoming a joke. There was absolutely no malice. He already was redded (and yes the laws say shoulder to the head is straight red card) but if you played any rugby at any level, you know that these are becoming ridiculous and rugby will never grow when players get sent of and banned for weeks for something that was never malicious. Rugby is losing its identity trying to be woke.

This is an absolute absurd verdict. Ramos had been tackled from the back and was on his knees whilst Lood was committed to his tackle. How on earth is it humanly possible to withdraw from being committed to the tackle. This is ridiculous. It’s a contact sport and given that Lood is not a malicious player I don't think proper knowledge of this incident has been applied at all.

Bollocks call once again by the empire.

All heil the masters of rugby.

No Wessels fine! No De Jager fine! Doesn't matter WR can try to weaken the Boks as much as they want, the Boks are still smashing Ireland. WR you like it or not the Boks are still claiming a Northern hemisphere clean sweep.

that’s surprising - or not - he was wrapping with both arms on the way in - Ramos’s arm fended his left arm down so arm appears tucked - how have they missed this and/or apparently discounted it!?

How tall is de jager? 6 ft 9 ? The Frenchman went down to his knees while Lood was already committed…how low do you expect the man to go. Should prob have been a 20 min red card, but ok fine so be it. But should defo be more mitigation on the suspension due to the above and there being no intent

I find the ability to reduce any suspension by a week/game by completing World Rugby’s Coaching Intervention Programme quite farcical.

Don’t the players already know how to tackle legally? Why not even make the Programme compulsory at the start of a season before allowing a player to play at a certain level? The players should have no excuses then!