Bismarck du Plessis banned for four weeks
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Bismarck du Plessis will miss four Super Rugby matches after pleading guilty to kicking Chiefs No 8 Michael Leitch in the head.
The Sharks and Springboks hooker was red-carded in the 18th minute of the match against the Chiefs at Kings Park on Saturday, and his four-week ban sees him sitting out home fixtures against Western Force, the Crusaders and the Bulls, and the Lions at Ellis Park.
Chiefs hooker Hika Elliot, meanwhile, has banned for one week for his shoulder charge on Tenadai Mtawarira that saw him red-carded in a feisty fixture in Durban.
Du Plessis said in a statement that h…
The Sharks and Springboks hooker was red-carded in the 18th minute of the match against the Chiefs at Kings Park on Saturday, and his four-week ban sees him sitting out home fixtures against Western Force, the Crusaders and the Bulls, and the Lions at Ellis Park.
Chiefs hooker Hika Elliot, meanwhile, has banned for one week for his shoulder charge on Tenadai Mtawarira that saw him red-carded in a feisty fixture in Durban.
Du Plessis said in a statement that h…
