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2010-03-07 22:33

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Cape Town – The South African Rugby Union (SARU) will review footage of Saturday’s Super 14 match at Newlands to determine whether action should be taken against Stormers captain Schalk Burger.

This follows an incident during the Stormers’ 33-0 win over the Highlanders in which Burger struck referee Mark Lawrence on the arm shortly before half-time.

It may well have been an accident as Lawrence had intervened while the Springbok flanker and the Highlanders’ All Black scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan were involved in a scuffle.

Lawrence told Sport24 through SARU communications chief Andy Colquhoun that there was nothing in the incident.

“As far as I’m concerned it was nothing. If you stick your hand between players you will get bumped from time to time. I’ve had a lot worse,” said Lawrence.

“Had Schalk wanted to slap me, I would not have ended the game as I would have been in hospital! If I felt it was an issue, I would have acted immediately,” he added.

Colquhoun said that SARU referees boss André Watson would study the incident and then decide whether there would be any action taken.

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