{"id":22242,"date":"2013-08-30T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T23:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/matera-escapes-punishment-for-allegedly-eye-gouging-louw\/"},"modified":"2013-08-30T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T23:57:18","slug":"matera-escapes-punishment-for-allegedly-eye-gouging-louw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/matera-escapes-punishment-for-allegedly-eye-gouging-louw\/","title":{"rendered":"Matera escapes punishment for allegedly eye-gouging Louw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=14994\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14994\" alt=\"Pablo Matera. Photo: Gallo Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b5680_PabloMatera120615inactiionG300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pablo Matera. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n<p>Argentina loose forward Pablo Matera was cleared of the eye-gouging charge that was levelled against him during his side\u2019s Rugby Championship defeat to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>A South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby official said that there was not enough clear evidence to ban the 20-year-old for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judicial officer was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that there was contact with the eyes or eye gouging such as to constitute a breach of the laws of the game of rugby,\u201d SANZAR said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It was South Africa flanker <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/argentina-forwards-to-have-disciplinary-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Francois Louw who accused Matera of gouging<\/a>. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Mole<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Rugby Championship news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/rugby-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/argentina-forwards-to-have-disciplinary-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b5680_197531286_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/argentina-forwards-to-have-disciplinary-hearings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina forwards to have disciplinary hearings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/5baaa_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pablo Matera. Photo: Gallo Images Argentina loose forward Pablo Matera was cleared of the eye-gouging charge that was levelled against him during his side\u2019s Rugby Championship defeat to South Africa. 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