Jericho
But then why does Bakkies Botha keep getting cited for cleaning players out of the ruck, when those offenses don't even warrant a yellow, let alone a red.
I read this as you thinking that he gets cited only for this. Its not so, its WAY doe does it that is illegal and Dangerous.
Here are the Citing criteria as laid down in iRB regulation 17, with a brief explanation between each clause
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Citing Commissioner
17.6.2 When a Citing Commissioner is appointed, the following policy shall apply:
(a) Citing Commissioners shall be entitled to cite a player for any act or acts of Illegal and/or Foul Play which in the opinion of the Citing Commissioner warranted the Player concerned being Ordered Off;[/textarea]
He thinks the player should have got a red card.
[textarea](b) Citing Commissioners may cite Players for an act or acts of Illegal and/or Foul Play even where such act or acts may have been detected by the referee and/or touch judge and which may have been the subject of action taken by the referee and/or touch judge. A Citing Commissioner may not, however, cite a Player for an act or acts of Illegal and/or Foul Play in respect of which the Player has been Ordered Off;[/textarea]
He can cite a player even if he was penalised in the game. However, he cannot cite a player who has been given a red card for foul play, because that player is already destined for the Judiciary by virtue of having been given a red card.
[textarea](c) A Player may be cited by the Citing Commissioner if he has been Temporarily Suspended. Such citing may be made in respect of the incident or incidents for which the Player was Temporarily Suspended or otherwise;[/textarea]
The player got a yellow card, but the Citing Commissioner thought it wasn't enough, and should have been red.
To summarise in plain English
1. A player can be cited if he commits an act of foul play severe enough, in the opinion of the citing commissioner, to warrant a Red Card, whether or not he was penalised or Yellow Carded for it on the field,
2. A player
cannot be cited if he commits an act of foul play severe enough, in the opinion of the citing commissioner, to warrant only a Yellow Card, whether or not he was penalised or Yellow Carded for it on the field.
3 A player who receives a Red Card for
foul play on the field is effectively "automatically cited". However, if the Red Card is the result of a second Yellow card, and was not an act of foul play, that Red Card does not lead to a citing (e.g. Drew Mitchell last year)
Sparty.
I thought the Duvenhage incident was very dangerous, and had the potential to snap his neck. There are two extremes of neck trauma that are mostly seen in rugby
Hyperextension; where the neck is bent backwards, with the back of the head forced onto the nape of the neck. This is less common
Hyperflexion; where the chin is forced onto the chest. This is the one that causes most of the paralysis cases resulting from collapsed scrums.
Have a look at the final position in the video. Duvenhage is in a sitting position with Botha's right arm around his neck, effectively holding him in a neck lock, then Botha's not inconsiderable weight forces Duvenhage's head down while his upper torso remains upright.
I would say the fact that Botha grabs him around the neck and does this makes it a red card offence.
Instead of putting his arm around the neck, he could have put it under the armpit and driven Duvenhage back, and that would have been fine. However, he chose to take the more dangerous approach.
... Sonny Bill Williams has not been cited for his high tackle on Ryan Kankowski ... Radio New Zealand sports news has reported this in the sports news, but don't have printed media confirmation yet 
