The SANZAR appeal committee has dismissed an appeal by the Sharks franchise against a six-week suspension given to Sharks player Epi Taione.
Taione was given the suspension by SANZAR judicial officer Nicholas Davidson QC for a head strike in the Super 14 rugby match between the Hurricanes and the Sharks in Wellington on April 5.
The hearing took place by teleconference Thursday. The committee was chaired by Chris Morris (New Zealand) with Jannie Lubbe SC (South Africa) and Dennis Wheelahan QC (Australia) also on the panel.
Taione was represented by Sharks franchise CEO Brian van Zyl and Sharks commercial manager Rudolf Straueli.
Morris said the Sharks had submitted in their appeal that the six-week suspension was too harsh; that Taione should have been charged with dangerous charging which carried a lower entry point for sanction; and that the act was not intentional.
Morris said after weighing up all the evidence and submissions, the committee found that Davidson was correct in his judgement regarding the charge and in his subsequent finding. As a result the six-week suspension stood and the Appeal was dismissed.
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Not all that surprising, I’m afraid. The video evidence just plain does not substantiate Epi’s version of the incident. It doesn’t look like a reckless clean- it looks like an intentional head butt
I imagine we would all have been outraged if Taione had been playing for a NZ side ( given he’s Tongan, not hard to imagine ) and he had almost decapitated a Kankowski or Muller. Then 6 weeks would seem an appropriate punishment.
Yoss! Long time
Yeah, I started a new job. Have worked hard enough to make a good impression, so I can start goofing off again 🙂
hope you’ve got all that silliness behind you now 😉
Life’s too short to work hard.
He he. I had myself in a good position where I was self employed. Was able to manage that very well ito not killing myself with work.
But I am planning a big move soon and just felt like having a steady job in my recent history as opposed to consulting to a number of clients.
Fortuitously one of my clients just wanted more and more of my time – so we have come to a suitable arrangement 🙂
big move? Where to?
Applied to go to NZ. If it doesn’t work out or we change our minds we will spend some time in the UK.
UK is fun… you can come visit me and we can go out and binge-drink! 😉
Rob, sounds like fun. Binge drinking is a favourite hobby of mine.
That goes under Things I will miss amout SA – cheap piss ups.
where in New Zealand are you planning on going? Going to join the JAFA club?
Probably, yes. I have some family and good friends in AUK.
It also depends on jobs. I am in software dev which there is a lot of in Christchurch.
Software development? What sort?
I am writing an in house c# windows application at the moment. It has elements of CRM, ties into Pastel Accounts and Heat Call Logging and will one day take over the world. :evil laugh:
yoss, I got a job for you in Belgium if you are a .net wizard with a penchant for writing web app’s 🙂
I tell you – my son is in IT and please don’t ask me exactly what he does – I would not be able to tell you.
Ollie, I have written 2 very small web apps in C# , so hardly a wiz in that direction 😀
But I am ideally looking for a place to settle with my family . That is why NZ is my preference at the moment – good for families and easier for English speaking saffas to assimilate.
I will probably feel like a foreigner wherever I go, but I want my youngster to grow up with a sense of belonging and community.
Ness, I’m in IT and I don’t know exactly what I do 🙄 😆
Ollie – I feel much better now. 😀
I do know he does something called “data warehousing” and he trains people in Crystal software (whatever that is). All very complicated.
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who understand IT, and those who don’t.
😉
Yos – you aren’t telling me something I don’t already know. 😀
Gah! M$ types… don’t you know Java has already taken over the world?
Says he whose site runs on PHP 😉
Rob – now you are just making it worse! 🙁
LOLlll11111!!!!!!
I R 2 L33t 4 U 5u>
I rest my case! These IT people are a breed unto themselves. 😉
A good old legal secretary – that’s what I am – nothing more, nothing less.
Rob, hate to tell you but java is becoming old news
Comment 21 of 28, posted at 17.04.08 14:42:21 by yossarian
Not many people got that one, yoss. 😆
Nessa, that’s cool. My mom is a legal ( conveyancing ) secretary. Her eyes generally glaze over when my bro and I get together.
Rob, nice leet speak 😉 Did ypou grow up with a modem and Commodore 64 by any chance ?
I work in IT and i know exactly what i do…..i watch movies and blog on Sharksworld .
Yos – we have eyes that are permanently glazed over – it is the only way to survive this boring job!
I do corporate legal – we do financing for aircraft. Both my sisters do conveyancing.
LOL @ Clayton! 😉 So you sort of do what Rob does?
Im a lowly tech,so i actually do less work than what Rob does.
Don’t worry Clayton. People like Rob and I will soon become redundant when all software dev everywhere in the world is eventaully out sourced to India. Where they pay 70 rupees ( about 20 cents ) an hour for the same work ( watching movies, blogging, making up in house jokes and generally effing around 😀 )
yoss, not too mention driving the yanks crazy at the help centres because they can’t understand the Indian accent 😆
hey now! Did I ever say I was a programmer? I’m a consultant… I tell the people in India what to do.
Clayton – not sure it’s possible to do even less work that me 😉
Shit – hope my boss isn’t reading this! 😉
Consultant – someone who borrows your watch and then charges you to tell you the time 😉
Rob, what do you consult in ? When I am not wearing my developer hat, I am also a CRM consultant.
Security and Identity Management. It’s a “new black” kinda thing 😉
ok. do you get to attend hacker conferences ?
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So jy verkoop SIM kaarte? 😀
laters. I now attend my second job – daddy man
they don’t pay a cent – in fact I pay money in, but I am getting a lot from the work. 😀
Lol funny that i do IT work in a callcentre, not an indian in site though.
no… I am more on the IDM side than the traditional security side.
One of my colleagues is a proper “white hat” though
Damn
And he had such a good appeal. They are screwing us unfairly again 🙄 😉