{"id":9742,"date":"2012-04-08T03:59:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-crusaders-face-eye-gouging-charges\/"},"modified":"2012-04-08T03:59:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T01:59:15","slug":"rugby-crusaders-face-eye-gouging-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-crusaders-face-eye-gouging-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Crusaders face eye-gouging charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ken Borland<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PRETORIA, South Africa, April 7<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; The Canterbury<br \/>\nCrusaders wasted the early advantage and were then accused of<br \/>\ntwo counts of eye-gouging by the Northern Bulls as the New<br \/>\nZealanders were beaten 32-30 by the South African team in their<br \/>\nSuperRugby match on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Referee Jaco Peyper issued white cards for further<br \/>\nconsideration of television evidence by the citing commissioner<br \/>\nafter Bulls hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle and captain Pierre Spies<br \/>\naccused the Crusaders of eye-gouging them in the ruck.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls won penalties for other ruck offences at the same<br \/>\ntime, with flyhalf Morne Steyn kicking both to bring the home<br \/>\nside to within a point of the Crusaders at 13-12.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls then surged into the lead in the 44th minute when<br \/>\nloosehead prop Dean Greyling threw an outrageous dummy before<br \/>\ncharging to the try-line.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steyn converted to give the three-times champions a 19-13<br \/>\nlead.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacement centre Tom Taylor and Steyn exchanged penalties<br \/>\nbefore the Bulls opened up a 32-16 lead with nine minutes<br \/>\nremaining thanks to another penalty by Steyn and a try by centre<br \/>\nWynand Olivier, who was able to dot down the bouncing ball in<br \/>\nthe in-goal area .<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The desperate Crusaders held sway in the last seven minutes<br \/>\nas wing Sean Maitland&#8217;s weaving run pulled apart the Bulls&#8217;<br \/>\ndefence and his fellow wing Zac Guildford showed good hands to<br \/>\ntake the try-scoring pass. Dan Carter&#8217;s conversion closed the<br \/>\ngap to 23-32.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacement fullback Tom Marshall burst through to score and<br \/>\nCarter converted but was left to rue his 64th-minute penalty<br \/>\nmiss from the middle of the field.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls defended stoutly in the closing moments to hold<br \/>\noff the seven-time champions and record their fourth victory in<br \/>\nsix games, moving to fourth on the overall standings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Crusaders&#8217; losing bonus point takes them to seventh<br \/>\noverall.     \t<\/p>\n<p> (Editing by Dave Thompson; To comment on this story email<br \/>\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com;<br \/>\ndave.thompson@thomsonreuters.com +44 207 542 7933; Reuters<br \/>\nmessenger: dave.thompson.reuters.com@reuters.net; Please double<br \/>\nclick on the newslink for more rugby)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ken Borland PRETORIA, South Africa, April 7 (Reuters) &#8211; The Canterbury Crusaders wasted the early advantage and were then accused of two counts of eye-gouging by the Northern Bulls as the New Zealanders were beaten 32-30 by the South African team in their SuperRugby match on Saturday. 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