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The disciplinary process of Rugby Union was criticized on Tuesday while Makazole Mapimpi, the wing of Springboks, received a three -week ban despite having admitted to having been in contact “with eyes or eyes” from an opposition player For the second time in his career.
Mapimpi, who marked a test during the final victory of the 2019 World Cup against England and was part of the triumphant team in South Africa four years later before retiring with injury, was cited in The rest of an altercation with Efan Daniel, Cardiff, in a 42-22 victory for his sharks in a rugby championship match on January 25.
He was charged under law 9.12, who declares that a player “must not abuse physically or verbally anyone.” The latter is defined as an offense which “understands but without limiting itself, biting, punching, contact with the eye or the eye, striking with any part of the arm, the shoulder, the head or knee (s), stamping, trampling, trigger or kicks ”.
Mapimpi, 34, admitted in a disciplinary hearing that he had committed a act of play that justified a red card, the Irishman David Martin, also taking into account a “similar offense” during The 2022-23 season.
It was another example of him in contact with the eye or eyes of an opponent, Union Bordeaux-Bègles Scrum-Half Maxime Lucu, during a meeting of the Champions Cup in Durban in January 2023.
Despite this story, with the Mapimpi labeling URC leaf as a “repeat offender”, the sanction has always received a four -week low entry point and half reduced due to a guilt admission, a remorse demonstration and good conduct throughout the process. Above all, his actions were not considered intentional.
A week was added due to Lucu’s past incident, leaving Mapimpi with a three -week ban. The next three games of the Sharks will be missing, a trip to face the Bulls in front of a double-headed home against the Lions, in March.
When the URC announced this result on Tuesday evening, it was met with mockery on X, various users wondering how Mapimpi could not have been intentionally. Various users have described the decision as “absolute joke”, “an absolute farce”, a “shame” and “absolutely pathetic” as well as “a terrible signal to the game”.
