The flagship rookie of the championship (and Racing 92) will not play the Champions Cup quarter-final on Saturday (6:45 p.m.) in Clermont.
And if the Ile-de-France club qualifies at the Michelin stadium, the back to the 92 selections for the Wallabies will also be deprived of the semi-final on September 26.
He will also miss the trip to the Stade Rochelais lawn, on October 3, counting for the 3rd day of the Top 14.
If the Ciel et Blancs do not make it to the last European square, Kurtley Beale will also be suspended for the reception of the Stade Toulousain on October 10!
Because three weeks of suspension, that means three matches in the still singular counts of rugby, which has still not adopted, moreover, the dissociation of sanctions according to the competitions.
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In short, the sanction is severe, very severe.
It could even have been still heavy, the disciplinary commission of the LNR initially providing for a six-week suspension due to the seriousness of the facts (dangerous game), before reducing it to three "in the absence of an aggravating factor, of the recognition of his guilt and a clean disciplinary record ”.
You are too good messeigneurs ...
But what could the Australian star have done so badly to take so dear?
A tackle a little high on the center of Montpellier, Arthur Vincent, last Friday.
For a red card judged by many severe.
The gesture does not seem really intentional and the shoulder-head impact is lightly supported.
Mr. Charabas had also hesitated for a long time before excluding the Wallaby, watching the video many times before deciding.
Red card for neo-racingman Kurtley Beale after this high tackle # R92MHR # LateRCpic.twitter.com / qcHgwIHnnT
- Canal Rugby Club (@CanalRugbyClub) September 11, 2020
We could therefore expect a minimum penalty, a week's suspension, to be compared to the same duration scooped by Toulouse's Iosefa Tekori (for brutality: a nudge in the face of a Clermontois) and Richie Arnold (high tackle ) two weeks ago.
“I compare and I still do not understand, exasperated the manager of Racing 92, Laurent Travers, questioned by
L'Equipe
.
Someone has to explain it to me.
There is no logic ... Even an injustice! ”
He doesn't say it but probably thinks it: there would be double standards when it comes to judging a Toulouse player and a player from another team.
A little music played by many clubs in the Top 14. Contacted by AFP, the president of Ciel et Blanc, Jacky Lorenzetti, is just as uplifted as his manager.
"The tackle was not voluntary," insists the boss of the Ile-de-France club, regretting a "scandalous" decision.
It is not outrageous to think so.
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