Monday, August 06, 2012
Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna cited for dangerous hit on Ryan Kankowski
Following their Super Rugby title win, young Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna was cited for a high tackle he made on Ryan Kankowski early in the second half of the final. The incident was not picked up by the referee or his assistants at the time.
One of the key factors in the Chiefs win over the Sharks was that they took it to the visitors. At times it wasn't legal, but for the most part they got the better of the physical battle against a formidable group of Springbok players.
One of the hits from Tameifuna went a bit high though, connecting with Shark Kankowski's chin. Tameifuna has been cited for foul play as he contravened Law 10.4 (e), Dangerous Tackling.
The Citing Commisioner reviewed the video footage and deemed the incident to have met the red card threshold, leading to further inspection by SANZAR Judicial Office Nicholas Davidson.
Kankowski came away from the tackle unscathed. He is taking up a six-month deal to play rugby in Japan, so was excluded from the 30-man Springbok squad for the Rugby Championship. Coach Heyneke Meyer has said that they are working on a way to include him at a later date.
"It’s a tricky situation for us. I did look at Ryan and I think he is probably playing the best rugby of his life. We spoke to Ryan, and it was just quite difficult for him to be selected right now.
"So he wasn’t selected for this test series (against Argentina), but we spoke this morning and we are still in contact, and hopefully he will be available going forward," Meyer said.
Young tighthead Tameifuna, who usually weighs over 130kg's, trained with the All Blacks for the series against Ireland recently, but has not made their Rugby Championship squad.
Do you think he should be suspended for this tackle? Let us know in the comments below.
UPDATE 07/08/12: Tameifuna has been suspended for one week. He will miss a scheduled pre ITM Cup warm-up match.
Posted at 1:56 pm | 26 comments
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hougiebear August 06, 2012 6:02 pm
Ron_Mexico August 06, 2012 10:12 pm
A card would have been ok
hougiebear August 07, 2012 10:29 am
Reality August 06, 2012 6:56 pm
Incidentally, has this guy done a lot of these sort of tackles in the last few months? I remember seeing videos of some New Zealand prop smashing people with what looked like quite borderline legality. I can't remember if it's the same guy though.
Pretzel August 06, 2012 7:10 pm
Jon August 07, 2012 12:54 am
He has been picked up for two illegal tackles this season. Both featured on this website.
He has also made many great legal tackles, is strong in the ruck, very good in the scrum and runs the ball well. He has soft hands and good mobility and spped for a guy who is 130kgs.
So yeah, he is kind of brilliant.
paimoe August 07, 2012 12:57 am
He made a big hit there
rugby08 August 07, 2012 4:35 am
Pretzel August 06, 2012 7:08 pm
Yohan August 06, 2012 7:09 pm
Facepalm August 06, 2012 7:20 pm
Hennie August 06, 2012 7:22 pm
Eggman August 06, 2012 10:57 pm
I think this is one of the cases where the tackler was lucky that the tackled player wasnt injured and didnt pretend to be either. It might look worse for him if Kankowski would've got hurt in the tackle.
Canadian content August 06, 2012 11:23 pm
Jon August 07, 2012 12:57 am
So it's an accidental high tackle.
It's not the end of the bloody world is it?
For mine it would just be a penalty and a warning, but it got missed.
Sh*t happens in rugby.
You don't cry about something as innocuous as an accidental high tackle that gets missed. You just move on and get over it.
rugby08 August 07, 2012 4:38 am
This isn't league FFS
katman August 07, 2012 11:10 am
Jon August 07, 2012 12:59 pm
It happens. Suspend him for a week or two I guess.
And fuck yeah I think it's accidental. They were running a million miles an hour he was trying to stop a break and hit the guy high.
You honestly think he just decided to risk a penalty and go for the head high?
Players rarely ever intentionally hit high. It's almost always an accident.
It happens in rugby. At this level it probably happens less than at the non-professional level, but they hit harder, so it looks worse.
But no matter how much you suspend people and penalize them it's going to occasionally happen. Certainly you try to discourage it. Penalties and suspensions is how it's done.
But if one gets missed there's no need to flip out. Shit happens in rugby. Maybe he gets one week on the sidelines, that's alrite. But it's just an accident, no need to get upset
rugby08 August 07, 2012 1:46 pm
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