This was a cynical foul from Greyling. His first piece of good fortune was to "only" receive a yellow card. An attack like that to the head deserved a red card.
But his second piece of good fortune came at the Sanzar judiciary which sentenced him to a two-week suspension. Why do we call it daft? Well; although the Springboks have two games left in the Rugby Championship, the two-week suspension will see him miss only one game; that's bizarre.
Greyling's thuggery should have seen him excluded from the rest of the Rugby Championship full-stop. His act was bad enough that Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer to apologise after the match. Here's hoping that Meyer's actions match his words, and that the South African team management does what Sanzar's judiciary ought to have; ensured that Greyling plays no further part in this series.
4 comments:
Greyling is a walking disaster with his lack of discipline, long may they keep on picking him. I would think the Springbok coach should be addressing the issue just because he is a liability for the team. If they don't then it's probably to everyone else advantage.
Rugby player development is strange thing isn't it? As the AB's seemingly churn out an endless supply of world-class Stand Offs, the Boks' rich seam of top-drawer thugs shows no sign of coming to an end either.
Just as Bakkies' career winds down, along comes Greyling...
Actually James, Greyling looked a bit like a graduate from the Richard Loe School of Forearms...
With the rather disconcerting revelations surrounding retired players and the repercussions of head injuries I would have thought such acts would be more seriously addresses by the judiciary.
The Medical staffs have made long delayed moves but when one views clips of brain-damaged old athletes the management and judicial arms of rugby union need to lift their game.
MarkD's summation has merit but only if we want Mummies to prevent their little boys playing rugby, I for one consider there is enough of that already.
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