{"id":43476,"date":"2025-11-29T20:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43476"},"modified":"2025-11-29T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:44:28","slug":"etzebeth-eye-gouge-incident-red-card-rassie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/29\/etzebeth-eye-gouge-incident-red-card-rassie\/","title":{"rendered":"Etzebeth eye-gouge incident: &#8216;I thought it was a justified red card,&#8217; says Rassie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>The Boks were hardly troubled in the match in Cardiff, winning 73-0.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has spoken out against his lock and Test veteran Eben Etzebeth who was shown a red card for an eye-gouge late in the Test against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The No 4 lock, who came off the bench in the 50th minute in the Boks\u2019 73-0 win against Wales at the Principality Stadium, got involved in a scuffle with one or more Welsh players late in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following the intervention of the television match official, visuals showed Etzebeth making contact with the eye area of Welsh player Alex Mann, resulting in his being sent off the field with a red card.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-didn-t-look-good\">\u2018It didn\u2019t look good\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Commenting on the incident after the match, Erasmus said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what I can say at this stage. It didn\u2019t look good, and I thought it was a justified red card. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow \u2026 or why it happened \u2026 if he was provoked, I\u2019m not sure. But that\u2019s definitely not the way we want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Boks have come under criticism at times this November following red cards shown to Lood de Jager and Franco Mostert for head high tackles.<\/p>\n<p>De Jager copped a lengthy ban, but Mostert\u2019s red card was overturned and he started the Test against Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Etzebeth is sure to face a hearing in the coming days which, should he receive a ban, will see him likely miss several Sharks URC and EPCR matches in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Bok captain Siya Kolisi, in a television interview after the match, said of the Etzebeth incident: \u201cI\u2019m sure he didn\u2019t mean to do that on purpose. There\u2019s no way. Eben\u2019s said sorry to the guy already. But I don\u2019t want that to be the highlight of the day. It\u2019s been a good day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Boks\u2019 win against Wales was the world champions\u2019 fifth on tour following earlier wins against Japan, France, Italy and Ireland. It is the second straight year that the Boks have toured Europe in November and not lost a match.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Etzebeth #eyegouge #incident #thought #justified #red #card #Rassie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boks were hardly troubled in the match in Cardiff, winning 73-0. 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