Stegmann gets one week for strike

Blue Bulls flank and captain Deon Stegmann was suspended for one week, for striking a player with his elbow in their Currie Cup clash against the Eastern Province Kings last Friday.

His Blue Bulls counterpart, hooker Bongi Mbonambi, meanwhile, was cleared of further sanction - after receiving a yellow card in the match for charging into a ruck without using his arms.

Stegmann and Mbonambi both appeared before a SARU judicial committee in Pretoria, after being sent to the sin-bin in their clash in Port Elizabeth.

Stegmann received a red card in the 69th minute of the match for contravening Law 10.4 (a), which states that a player must not strike an opponent with the fist or arm, including the elbow, shoulder, head or knee.

The judicial officer, Tokkie van Zyl announced that Stegmann was suspended for a week.

Van Zyl also ruled that the yellow card Golden Lions Under-21 lock Ramone Samuels received for contravening Law 10.4(a) in their clash against Western Province last Saturday was a sufficient sanction.

Western Province Under-21 flyhalf Robert du Preez will appear at a SARU disciplinary hearing in Cape Town on Wednesday after being for cited for lifting a player in a tackle and dropping him to the ground in the match at Ellis Park, which was in breach of Law 10.4 (j).