After an act of foul play by Hollywoodbets Sharks player No 12 (Murray Koster), referee Mike Adamson showed the player a red card in the 75th minute of the game under Law 9.20 (Dangerous play in a ruck or maul. A player must not charge into a ruck or maul). Charging includes any contact made without binding onto another player in the ruck or maul. A player must not make contact with an opponent above the line of the shoulders. A player must not intentionally collapse a ruck or maul.
In the player’s responses to the Judicial Officer overseeing the disciplinary process (Simon Thomas, WRU), he had accepted that he had committed an act of foul play which warranted a red card. Thomas found that the incident met the red card threshold, with entry of top-end warranting 10 weeks. The player received five (50%) weeks mitigation due to his good record, timely admission of guilt and apology which results in a five game suspension.
Should the layer complete the World Rugby Coaching Intervention Programme then the sanction will be reduced by one week.
Fixtures Koster is unavailable for:
Hollywoodbets Sharks v Cardiff Rugby, 18 May, BKT URC
Gloucester Rugby v Hollywoodbets Sharks, 24 May, EPCR Challenge Cup Final
Hollywoodbets Sharks v Vodacom Bulls, 1 June, BKT URC
College Rovers v Crusaders, 14th June
College Rovers v Richards Bay, 22 June
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