ben7 says...

All you Kiwis should be glad he only got 2 weeks!! Hes so bad you should be happy he might play against you in Soweto! He, along with Morne Steyn won the game for you

Posted 07:24 17th September 2012

sandal says...

@ Realbull

You say: ""Justice served! Greyling banned for 2 weeks and Mcaw has a head ache, he will think twice next time before lying on the wrong side of ruck.""

But McCaw was on his own side of the ruck! Did you even see the incident?

Realbull, there is no excuse for Greyling's actions, though you say they dealt justice to McCaw. Shame on you. Though other South Africans here have condemned Greyling, you have shown yourself no better than him.

As for the judiciary, ruling that Greyling's and Eben Etzebeth's actions were equally reprehensible, well, I say the judiciary has brought the game into disrepute. Again.

Etzebeth must be feeling aggrieved, Greyling delighted.

Posted 06:26 17th September 2012

cuw3100 says...

"Greyling, whilst in the process of cleaning out at a ruck, recklessly used his forearm such that he made contact in a dangerous way with the head of New Zealand player Richie McCaw," Tully said. "Although there was no injury complained of, the action had potential to cause serious injury."

Am willing to bet a 1000 big ones , this guy Tully is a Lawyer and one previouslyu used by the mob !!!!

the wording of the judgement lacks logic, which is a common trait among lawyers (am sure people have heard of the story where a lawyer argued the color white is actually black!).

....recklessly used his forearm...

....made contact in a dangerous way with the head ....

and then

....action had potential to cause serious injury....

is he implying that

the forearm can be used carefully? (like when a girl supports her face posing for a photograph :) )

there can be harmless contact on the head with the forearm? (like getting a Thai Massage , which for a while actually hurts!!)

but at the same time both the above can cause serious injury !!

that is what happens when couch potatoes who hold golf balls try to understand violence in RU .LOL

joker of first degree.

Posted 04:32 17th September 2012

Sprogrugby says...

I have learnt to laugh at the bloggers who go on about McCaw getting what he deserves (although most also thankfully don't condone the act itself) - I really do think that a lot of the diatribe is pure jealously that they don't have as consistent a performer as McCaw in their own team. In this instance McCaw appeared to enter the ruck legally, he was on his feet for as long as possible making a nuisance of himself, meaning he's legal as long as he's bound in, he does go to ground (which is not penalisable in itself) and a prat of a prop comes in with pure thuggery and smashes him with a forearm. It was clearly with the aim of hitting him with the forearm - it was stupidity of the highest order. I think he should have got a month, partly for the sheer thuggery of this extremely dangerous act, which could have broken a jaw or worse...and partly for being so stupid as to do it in such an obvious manner. He deserves to not be on the pitch for all of that.

Posted 01:29 17th September 2012

trianglechoke says...

Awesome forearm smash.. which belongs in pro wrestling, like Jimmy Superfly Snuka used to do, not in rugby though! Thanks Boks, you have some memorable dirty play in international rugby, I think its your aggressive style of rugby that I appreciate...a little less of the pro wrestling me think though!

Posted 01:09 17th September 2012

JayStarr says...

So Eben Etzebeth gets a 2-week ban for hardly touching Nathan Sharpe's chin with his forehead... (and don't come to me with the stupid argument of "intent" - if Etzebeth "intended" to headbutt Nathan Sharpe, Nathan Sharpe would've been on his backside instead of mouthing to the ref "did you see that Miss! did you see that!") ... and now Dean Greyling, flying into a ruck with the sole purpose of taking out Richie McCaw as hard as possible with his elbow in a vulgar act of foul play which is not even allowed in cage fighting, ALSO gets 2 weeks...

Either I am crazy, or the Citing Commissioner is as crazy as Heineke Meyer.

Posted 00:03 17th September 2012

ArmchairGeneral says...

Cleaning out at the ruck in the Bok rugby dictionary = opportunity to smash opponents heads in direct collisions off the ball to have them removed from the field. If administered poorly the management will dissown the player as a thug for the greater good of protecting the tactic in future games

Posted 20:04 16th September 2012

bigb6969 says...

Read the decision:"Greyling, whilst in the process of cleaning out at a ruck" "recklessly"

McCaw was already clear out, Greyling jumped over the top of ruck the express purpose of hitting in the face with the elbow. These guys are pulling the other one, is this the same guy who cleared Schalk Burger of eye gouging on the Lions tour in 2009. They are opening themselves to ridicule. Even the most blantant evidence in caught in glorious high def and slow motion they still can't find anyone actually guilty of being a "dirty player" per sae. Or in the cases of Rougerie (head butt followed by eye gouge) and McLaughlin earlier this year (triple eye gouge, again and again, and again he accidentally contacted the eyes) they get no punishment at all.

Posted 18:46 16th September 2012

Euskadi says...

Pretty light sentence, I thought it was deliberate and warranted a few more missed games...shouldn't it be a ban for matches not a time ban? Perhaps they deemed it only enough for a one match ban and gave him two weeks to cover?

McCaw is awesome, shrugs it off in his typical manner and moves on. Of course McCaw gets in the way and probably purposely attracts these fools to do this to him, great team player.

@FISH...Kiwi losers? Try World Champs, Bledisloe cup holders, freedom cup holders, multiple grand slamers and about to be crowned inaugural RC winners.

Posted 18:17 16th September 2012

boksmashoffice says...

@Grtrunninglines. You cannot tranish a entire rugby country as being dirty. We play hard and we do not condone dirty play. 2 weeks is way too low.

Posted 17:37 16th September 2012