2007 Rugby World Cup - Disciplinary Citings

Disciplinary Citings

There was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.

List of citings
Ban
(weeks)
Player Nation Opponent Offence
7 Otar Eloshvili Georgia France spear tackle
5 Paul Emerick United States England spear tackle
4 Juan Severino Somoza Portugal Scotland head-butting
3 Brian Lima Samoa England high tackle
2 Schalk Burger South Africa Samoa dangerous play
2 Phil Vickery England United States tripping
2 Mirco Bergamasco Italy Scotland tripping
1 Hale T-Pole Tonga Samoa striking
1 Jacques Nieuwenhuis Namibia France high tackle
1 Alfie Vaeluaga Samoa South Africa high tackle
1 Seremaia Bai Fiji South Africa dangerous tackle
cleared François Steyn South Africa Tonga foul play
cleared Sione Lauaki New Zealand Romania dangerous tackle

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