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Cape Town – Springbok lock Bakkies Botha has lost his appeal against a two-week suspension for foul play in the second Test against the British and Irish Lions at Loftus.
SA Rugby confirmed on Thursday that the ban was unaltered, with further details expected later.
VIDEO: Lions not so innocent...
Botha was cited and found guilty after a ruck incident in which Adam Jones, the Lions’ tighthead prop, dislocated his shoulder and was ruled out of the remainder of the tour.
The Bok management insisted afterwards that it was not much more than a routine case of “cleaning out”, and that the affair might not have gone further had Jones been uninjured in the collision.
Thursday’s decision probably clears the way for the Sharks’ experienced Johann Muller to lock the Bok scrum with Victor Matfield in the dead-rubber third Test at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday.
The Bok team was expected to be announced around Thursday lunchtime.
Cape Town – Springbok lock Bakkies Botha has lost his appeal against a two-week suspension for foul play in the second Test against the British and Irish Lions at Loftus.
SA Rugby confirmed on Thursday that the ban was unaltered, with further details expected later.
VIDEO: Lions not so innocent...
Botha was cited and found guilty after a ruck incident in which Adam Jones, the Lions’ tighthead prop, dislocated his shoulder and was ruled out of the remainder of the tour.
The Bok management insisted afterwards that it was not much more than a routine case of “cleaning out”, and that the affair might not have gone further had Jones been uninjured in the collision.
Thursday’s decision probably clears the way for the Sharks’ experienced Johann Muller to lock the Bok scrum with Victor Matfield in the dead-rubber third Test at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday.
The Bok team was expected to be announced around Thursday lunchtime.
