Lavanini gets two week suspension
he SANZAAR Duty Judicial Officer Michael Heron has accepted a guilty plea from Lavanini for contravening Law 10.4 (h) A player must not charge into a ruck or maul, after he was Red Carded during the match.
Lavanini is the second Jaguares player to be charge with the similar offence, Jagueares prop Ramiro Herrrera recieved an one week suspension after he plead guilty for contavening Law 10.4 (h).
Lavanini charged into an opponent with his shoulder and made contact with his opponent's head during the match between the Kings and Jaguares at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth on May 27.
Lavanini received a sanction of two weeks (covering two scheduled matches) with his next scheduled matches being Argentina v Italy, June 11 and Argentina v France, June 18. Consequently he is suspended up to and including Saturday June 18.
Both players will miss the match against Italy.
"The player, Stefan Wyers [counse], Greg Peters [Jaguares CEO], Rafael Laria [Jaguares Manager] and an interpreter attended the call while Andreas Ramos, SAANZAR JO, also attended as an observer," said Heron.
"The player accepted the charge. I agreed with Weyers that the charge should be under Law 10(4)(h) as the opponent player did not have the ball. The player was remorseful and expressed regret to me for his actions.
"I accepted the submission that this was low end offending, it was not intentionally dangerous, no injury resulted and the only negative impact on the game was to the Jaguares and Lavanini. For the reasons above, I indicated that I accepted a low end entry point under 10(4)(h) of two weeks.
