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Hines given seven day ban
June 24, 2009
Nathan Hines has been handed a seven day ban for a dangerous tackle in the second half of the 13-13 draw against the Emerging Springboks in Cape Town on Tuesday night.
It means the Perpignan and Scotland lock will miss the opportunity to be selected for the second Test, unless he can successfully appeal against the decision. He has 24 hours in which to lodge any appeal.
Hines was singled out by citiing commissioner Steve Hinds (New Zealand) for a dangerous tackle in the ninth minute of the second half at Newlands. He had a formal disciplinary hearing in front of judicial officer Alan Hudson (Canada) today.
The lower end scale of punishment for a dangerous tackle is ususlly two weeks, but Mr Hudson only ruled him out for one week. That means he could come into contention for the thrid Test in Johannesburg next week.
Hines becomes the first player on the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to suffer a disciplinary sanction.
Source: Lions Rugby
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Simple phycological warfare in my opinion. No punishment for the Springboks last Saturday no matter what they did. Come on Lions - don\'t let the b***ards grind you down
June 24, 2009
dunc
@ dunc The lions will lose again to the might of the world champions. Shame! u guys put all your best players from the north together but still get your @ss kicked by the Springboks ! And Geech keeps whining about how close it was...that they should have won...blah blah ! 2-0 says it all ! You losers, go home and practice a bit more LOL BOKS = WORLD CHAMPS !!!!
June 30, 2009
BOK-FAN