Johan Grobbelaar has been freed to play after the Vodacom Bulls’ forward had his red card rescinded by a Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) disciplinary hearing.
Grobbelaar was shown red in the 67th minute during the 5th-round tie, in which the Tshwane outfit
travelled to the Scarlets and returned with a losing bonus point, the first defeat during the current
campaign of the VURC.
The Player received a Red Card during the game under Law 9.13 - A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. Dangerous tackling includes but is not limited to, tackling or attempting to tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders.
The Panel overseeing the disciplinary process is Ben Rutherford (Chair, Ireland), Roddy MacLeod
(Scotland) and John Carroll (Ireland), found that while an act of foul play had occurred, there was not
a high degree of danger and the Player did not enter a contact in a dynamic manner or with a high
degree of force.
The Panel found that the high contact, although it occurred in an instant, was avoidable and that the player knew or ought to have known the risk of committing foul play when electing to attempt a tackle
in his body position with minimal time to get low and prepare for contact after reacting to a missed tackle by a teammate. Therefore, the Panel found that the tackle did not meet the red card threshold.
The card was thus rescinded.
The South Africans now travel to Treviso, where they will face the Italian outfit Benetton on Friday, 25
October 2024, at 20:35 (South African Time).
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