{"id":9774,"date":"2012-04-10T04:02:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-crusaders-cleared-of-eye-gouging-charges\/"},"modified":"2012-04-10T04:02:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:02:38","slug":"rugby-crusaders-cleared-of-eye-gouging-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-crusaders-cleared-of-eye-gouging-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Crusaders cleared of eye-gouging charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG, April 9<\/span> (Reuters) – The Canterbury Crusaders
\nhave been cleared off all charges of eye-gouging by the Super
\nRugby ruling body Sanzar following allegations from the Northern
\nBulls after their match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bulls spokesman Ian Schwartz issued a statement on the
\nfranchise’s website (www.thebulls.co.za) on Monday saying “no
\nevidence of eye-gouging was found by Sanzar’s judiciary system”.<\/p>\n

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Bulls hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle and lock Flip van der Merwe
\nhad claimed they were fouled by the Crusaders.<\/p>\n

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Schwartz said the Bulls would not apologise despite comments
\nby Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder after the game that he
\nexpected an apology if the allegations were not proven.<\/p>\n

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“For them to suggest we must now apologise, just because
\nthere is no video evidence available, would mean we have lied,”
\nhe said.<\/p>\n

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“It is ridiculous to suggest that every time there is a
\nciting and there is not enough evidence, the other team should
\napologise.<\/p>\n

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“The rules are clear and we applied them 100 percent
\ncorrectly. We had the right to raise the matter with the referee
\nand we accept the fact that there was no video evidence.”<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Ken Borland;1 Editing by John Mehaffey)<\/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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