While he had been sanctioned with a four-week suspension following a dangerous tackle on Romain Ruffenach, the second row of Stade Toulousain Iosefa Tekori will have finally served only three. He had asked “be able to request the application from World Rugby for the Head Contact Process (HCP) – Coaching Intervention Application“according to a press release from the National Rugby League (LNR).
These measures “allows any player who has been penalized with a red card / citation for a game foul involving the Head Contact Process, to ask the disciplinary body that the last week of suspension be replaced by the setting up of a workshop on tackling technique or a workshop related to the faulty technical gesture“explains the NRL.
Clear, this educational measure allows Iosefa Tekori to replace a week of suspension by a week of awareness. Having already made three suspension matches out of the four initially planned, he can apply to play the match against Racing 92 this Sunday.
Tekori’s dangerous move resulted in the serious injury of Biarrot hooker Romain Ruffenach, who ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, making him unavailable for a minimum of six months.