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McCarthy banned for De Luca hit



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Published Date: 27 March 2008
By DAVID FERGUSON
CONNACHT’S Mike McCarthy has been banned for four weeks after an Irish RFU discipline panel yesterday upheld a citing and found him guilty of a dangerous tackle on Nick De Luca, the Edinburgh and Scotland centre.
De Luca is still recovering from the concussion he suffered after being whacked on the head by the arm of the Connacht replacement in last Friday’s Magners League match at Murrayfield. He has passed cognitive tests for concussion, but will undergo further fitness tests to determine whether he can play against Cardiff tomorrow.



Tom Shanklin, Gethin Jenkins and Martyn Williams return to Cardiff’s team as they gear up for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals. Blues flyer Tom James also returns to a very strong starting line-up after an operation to remove his appendix, while Dai Flanagan, the stand-off, is back from a broken bone in his hand.

Cardiff (v Edinburgh at Murrayfield, tomorrow, 7.30pm): B Blair; J Roberts, T Shanklin, G Thomas, T James; D Flannigan, J Spice; G Jenkins, G Williams, T Filise, D Jones, P Tito, M Molitika, X Rush, M Williams. Subs: J Yapp, R Thomas, S Morgan, B White, R Rees, N Robinson, M Stcherbina.





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  • Last Updated: 26 March 2008 9:22 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Chris M,

27/03/2008 09:32:09
I think those at the game on Friday night were appalled that the ref only spoke to McCarthy and didn't show him a card for the incident
2

Venachar,

27/03/2008 12:02:24
Thank you IRFU,correct decision. McCarthy almost did the same thing to Mike Blair about 5 minutes previously but dropped his arm just in time.
Does anyone review the ref's performance in such circumstances, because Mr Jones missed or ignored quite a few things last week, such as Connacht continually not taking the bind at scrums.

There will be other strange decisions this week Mr Lewis is officiating I think!
3

Edinburgh Pete ,

27/03/2008 19:45:23
It was a bad hit, should have been of on Friday night. Glad the IRFU have acted where the ref failed to, particulalry as he had already sin binned two for innocuos things but lets malicous tackling go unpunished.

 

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