Monday Round-Up
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Monday Round-Up
Goodes banned: Hurricanes prop Reggie Goodes has been banned for one week for his no-arms charge on Michael Allardice against the Chiefs on Saturday. The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Robert Stelzner SC has accepted a guilty plea from Goodes of the Hurricanes for the dangerous charge, after he was cited following a Super Rugby match at the weekend.Goodes has been suspended from the game for one week up to and including Saturday 23 May 2015. The incident occurred in the 36th minute of the Super Rugby match between the Hurricanes and Chiefs at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on 16 May 2015.
Du Plessis brothers to Montpellier?: Rumors circulating in France that Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis are on the move to Montpellier. Saturday's defeat to Stade Français ended Montpellier's hopes of reaching the Top 14 play-offs, and they need a bonus-point win over Clermont next week to have any hope of making the Champions Cup play-offs. As a result Jake White has embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive, with the Sharks pair Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis on their way according to RMC. "Some big names will be announced in the coming days. To win the Top 14 you need the best players in the world," said White after the loss in Paris. The brothers will join Brumbies pair Nic White and Jesse Mogg at the French club.
Dan Hayes
