Goodes cited for 'charge'

Hurricanes prop Reggie Goodes has been cited for an alleged act of foul play during a Super Rugby match against the Chiefs at the weekend.

Goodes is alleged to have contravened law 10.4 (h): Dangerous Charging and law 10.4 (k): Dangerous play in a scrum, ruck or maul.

The charges stems from an incident when he made contact with Chiefs lock Michael Allardice, in an incident which occurred in the 36th minute of the Super Rugby match won 22-18 by the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday.

Upon further review of the match footage, the citing commissioner deemed in his opinion the incident had met the red card threshold for foul play.

The citing is to be considered in the first instance by SANZAR judicial officer Robert Stelzner.

All SANZAR disciplinary matters are in the first instance referred to a judicial officer hearing to provide the option of expediting the judicial process.

For a matter to be dispensed with at this hearing, the person appearing must plead guilty and accept the penalty offered by the judicial officer.