Darcy Swain Cited

Darcy Swain Cited

Player: Darcy Swain
Team: Australia
Position: Lock
Date of Incident: 15 September 2022
Nature of Offence: Law 9.11: Players must not do anything that is reckless and dangerous to others.
Elapsed time in match when incident occurred: 35:03

Darcy Swain of the Brumbies has been cited for alleged foul play during the Rugby Championship match on Thursday 15 September 2022.

Swain is alleged to have contravened Law 9.11: Players must not do anything that is reckless and dangerous to others, during the match between Australia and New Zealand at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.

The referee for the match, Mathieu Raynal, awarded Swain a yellow card for the incident which occurred in the 35th minute.

Upon further review of the match footage, the Citing Commissioner deemed in his opinion the incident had met the Red Card threshold for foul play.

The Case is to be considered in the first instance by the SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee which will take place on Monday 19 September via video-conference.

All SANZAAR disciplinary matters are in the first instance referred to the Foul Play Review Committee to provide the option of expediting the judicial process.

For a matter to be dispensed with at this hearing, the person appearing must plead guilty and accept the penalty offered by the Foul Play Review Committee.





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