Disciplinary Decision: Mosese Tuipulotu & Sebastian de Klerk

The Disciplinary process related to Mosese Tuipulotu Red Card in the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 13 game against Benetton on Saturday, March 22 has resulted in a three game suspension.

After an act of foul play by Edinburgh Rugby player No 12 (Mosese Tuipulotu), referee Craig Evans showed the Player a Red Card in the 75th minute of the game under Law 9.13 – A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. Dangerous tackling includes, but is not limited to, tackling or attempting to tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders.

In the Player’s responses to the Judicial Officer overseeing the disciplinary process (H. Pat Barriscale), he had accepted that he had committed an act of foul play which warranted a Red Card. Mr. Barriscale found that the incident met the Red Card threshold, with entry of mid-range warranting six weeks. The Player received three weeks (50%) mitigation due to his apology and good record which results in a three game suspension.

Should the Player complete the World Rugby Coaching Intervention Programme then the sanction will be reduced by one week.

Fixtures Mosese Tuipulotu is unavailable for:

Edinburgh Rugby v Dragons RFC, 28 March 2025, BKT URC

Edinburgh Rugby v Emirates Lions, 4 April 2025, EPCR Challenge Cup 

Edinburgh Rugby v Hollywoodbets Sharks, 18 April 2025, BKT URC

The Disciplinary process related to Sebastian De Klerk Red Card in the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 13 game against Leinster on Saturday, March 22 has resulted in a two game suspension.

After an act of foul play by Vodacom Bulls player No 14 (Sebastian De Klerk), referee Ben Whitehouse showed the Player a Red Card in the 74th minute of the game under Law 9.17 – A player must not tackle, charge, pull, push or grasp an opponent whose feet are off the ground.

In the Player’s responses to the Judicial Officer overseeing the disciplinary process (John Kirk), he had accepted that he committed an act of foul play which warranted a Red Card. Mr. Kirk found that the incident met the Red Card threshold, with low-end entry point warranting four weeks. The Player received two weeks (50%) mitigation due to his apology immediately on field and throughout, good record and exemplary conduct throughout the disciplinary process which results in a two game suspension.

Fixtures Sebastian De Klerk is unavailable for:

Vodacom Bulls v Zebre Parma, 29 March 2025, BKT URC

Aviron Bayonnais v Vodacom Bulls, 5 April 2025, EPCR Challenge Cup