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/ 25 September 2007
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Springbok centre Francois Steyn was on Tuesday cleared of allegedly biting a Tonga player during Saturday’s Rugby World Cup clash. Steyn was cited by commissioner Jean-Claude Legendre for allegedly biting Tongan number 11 Joseph Vaka in the match at Lens, which South Africa won 30-25.
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/ 13 September 2007
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The Rugby World Cup appeal committee on Thursday reduced Springbok flanker Schalk Burger’s four-match suspension to two matches. This was announced following an appeal hearing by the committee into the incident where Burger tackled a Samoan player in the air during the Boks’ opening match on Sunday.
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/ 12 September 2007
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South Africa flanker Schalk Burger’s appeal against a four-match suspension for a high tackle on Samoa scrumhalf Junior Polu will be heard on Thursday. A South African team spokesperson said the hearing had been set for 06h00 GMT in Paris. Springbok coach Jake White was shocked at Burger’s ban, handed out in the early hours of Wednesday.
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/ 12 September 2007
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South Africa flanker Schalk Burger will not play at this year’s World Cup again unless his team reach the semifinals. Burger was banned for four matches at a disciplinary hearing that ran into the early hours of Wednesday morning after he was found guilty of a dangerous tackle on Samoa scrumhalf Junior Polu in South Africa’s 59-7 victory on Sunday.