Brumbies flyhalf Matt Toomua has been issued with an off-field yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Sharks flyhalf Patrick Lambie during their Super Rugby encounter in Durban on Saturday.
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The incident occurred in the 51st minute of the match at Kings Park, which the Brumbies won 29-10.
An off-field yellow card may be issued by the SANZAR citing commissioner for foul play incidents that are very close to, but in his opinion do not meet the red card threshold for citings.
In this case the referee, Jonathan Kaplan, did not act on the incident as a try was scored from the advantage being played. On further review of the match footage the citing commissioner deemed an off-field yellow card was appropriate.
Off-Field Yellow Cards go on the player’s disciplinary record, just as if they had been given a yellow card on the field, and as such, have the same effect as an on-field Yellow Card, but they have no immediate effect on the player.
The idea of the Off-Field Yellow Card has come about because acts of of foul play on the field (that attracted the attention of the citing commissioner), but weren’t deemed sufficiently serious to warrant a Red Card would not be cited and therefore would not appear on the players’ disciplinary record. Those situations tended to create a public perception that the player had been exonerated because they had not been cited (a good example of that from last year was Quade Cooper’s knee to the head of Richie McCaw’; not cited, so some Australian media claimed that Cooper had done nothing wrong.
Its important to remember that a player’s disciplinary record is never used as a factor in determining a their guilt or innocence. Its is only taken into account after they have been found guilty, as a factor in determining the length of suspension to be imposed.
Jeez this is a little too late is it not? We all said at the time it was a ‘Coat Hanger’ tackle on Pat. Should have been a yellow card right there and then. Kaplan as I have said all week is just not good enough any more.
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