JOHAN DU TOIT CITED

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   Player: Johan du Toit
Team: Stormers
Position: Flanker
Date of Incident: 14 March 2020
Nature of Offence: Law 9.17 A player must not tackle, charge, pull, push or grasp an opponent whose feet are off the ground.
Elapsed time in match when incident occurred: 00:10

Johan du Toit of the Stormers has been cited for alleged foul play during a Super Rugby match at the weekend.

du Toit is alleged to have contravened Law 9.17 during the match between the Sharks and Stormers at Jonnson Kings Park in Durban on 14 March 2020.

Upon further review of the match footage, the Citing Commissioner deemed in his opinion the incident had met the Red Card threshold for foul play.

The Case is to be considered in the first instance by the SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee which will take place on Monday 16 March 2020, 9am(SAST), 6pm(AEDT), 8pm(NZDT) via video-conference.

All SANZAAR disciplinary matters are in the first instance referred to the Foul Play Review Committee to provide the option of expediting the judicial process.

For a matter to be dispensed with at this hearing, the person appearing must plead guilty and accept the penalty offered by the Foul Play Review Committee.