Tasman wing receives ban for repeating same offence twice in one match

Tasman Makos winger Viliami Lolohea has been suspended from all rugby for three weeks following two yellow cards for foul play, which were both cited, in his team’s match against Taranaki in New Plymouth last week. Both incidents were near-identical, resulting in a red card. The first incident occurred in the third minute of the match when Lolohea tackled Seta Tamanivalu in the air (law 10.4i) resulting in a yellow card. After 10 minutes on the sideline to think about what he did wrong, ten minutes later, Lolohea committed the same offence by taking out the exact same player again, in much …