{"id":9741,"date":"2012-04-08T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-blackadder-fears-white-cards-open-to-manipulation\/"},"modified":"2012-04-08T03:59:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:14","slug":"rugby-blackadder-fears-white-cards-open-to-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-blackadder-fears-white-cards-open-to-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Blackadder fears white cards open to manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PRETORIA, South Africa, April 7<\/span> (Reuters) – Canterbury
\nCrusaders coach Todd Blackadder backed his team against charges
\nof eye-gouging against the Northern Bulls during their 32-30
\nSuperRugby loss on Saturday, saying he was concerned the new
\nwhite card system could be manipulated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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South African referee Jaco Peyper issued two white cards
\nagainst the Crusaders after Bulls hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle and
\ncaptain Pierre Spies, on behalf of lock Flip van der Merwe, made
\nallegations of eye-gouging at rucks.<\/p>\n

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Sanzar, SuperRugby’s ruling body, introduced the use of
\nwhite cards this season in cases where referees suspect foul
\nplay but have not seen the incident or are unsure of the
\nculprit.<\/p>\n

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The card alerts the citing commissioner to view television
\nreplays and check whether action is required.<\/p>\n

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Blackadder told a news conference: “Personally, I’m bemused.
\nIf the allegations made are shown to be false then I expect an
\napology because they’re pretty serious allegations. Otherwise
\nanyone can make allegations and we’ll have white cards all over
\nthe place. I’m not sure the system is designed for that.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“There’s a process in place, but I would be very
\ndisappointed if the allegations are shown to be true. I know my
\nplayers well, they’re guys of character and there’s no way they
\nwould do that. I’ll be interested in the outcome.”<\/p>\n

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Bulls coach Frans Ludeke said eye-gouging had no place in
\nthe game and he would be upset if the allegations were proven.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“There’s no place for foul play and silly incidents like
\nthat,” he told reporters. “There will be a review and there may
\nbe nothing, but it’s not part of the game. No-one wants to see
\nthat sort of thing.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s tough to say what happened, but we’ll leave it for the
\njudicial officers, they specialise in that.” \t<\/p>\n

(Editing by Dave Thompson; To comment on this story email
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\nclick on the newslink for more rugby)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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