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