WELLINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Wellington Hurricanes scrumhalf Tyson Keats was banned for four weeks for dangerous play on Monday in an ongoing crackdown on spear-tackling in Super rugby.
Spear or tip tackling, where a player lifts an opponent into the air and returns
them to the ground head first, has been the target of severe punishment this season in the southern hemisphere's provincial championship.
Keats was given a yellow card for his tackle on his Auckland Blues opposite number Alby Mathewson soon after coming onto the field as a replacement in a match last Friday.
The SANZAR judicial officer Nick Davidson said that while the tackle was "not premeditated" and Keats had not deliberately driven Mathewson into the ground, it was "poorly executed and reckless as to the danger it created".
"Davidson reiterated that the IRB had called for vigilance in eliminating the tip tackle from the game as its danger was immense. He added that such disciplinary recourse was necessary to act as a deterrent to players," read a SANZAR statement.
The ban concluded a miserable few days for Keats, who dropped the ball over the line while trying to score a last-minute try that would have given the Hurricanes an attempt for a game-winning conversion. They lost 17-11.
Spear or tip tackling, where a player lifts an opponent into the air and returns
them to the ground head first, has been the target of severe punishment this season in the southern hemisphere's provincial championship.
Keats was given a yellow card for his tackle on his Auckland Blues opposite number Alby Mathewson soon after coming onto the field as a replacement in a match last Friday.
The SANZAR judicial officer Nick Davidson said that while the tackle was "not premeditated" and Keats had not deliberately driven Mathewson into the ground, it was "poorly executed and reckless as to the danger it created".
"Davidson reiterated that the IRB had called for vigilance in eliminating the tip tackle from the game as its danger was immense. He added that such disciplinary recourse was necessary to act as a deterrent to players," read a SANZAR statement.
The ban concluded a miserable few days for Keats, who dropped the ball over the line while trying to score a last-minute try that would have given the Hurricanes an attempt for a game-winning conversion. They lost 17-11.
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