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South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge

South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.
Eben Etzebeth scores the 11th Springboks try before being sent off

South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.

The 34-year-old was seen to make contact with the left eye of Mann with his thumb in the Springboks’ 73-0 win in Cardiff last Saturday.
Etzebeth came on as a second-half substitute but was shown a straight red card in the 79th minute – his first in 141 internationals – by French referee Luc Ramos.
An independent disciplinary panel, led by Christopher Quinlan KC, found that contact with the eye was intentional and a “mid-range” entry point of 18 weeks was appropriate.

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