Vodacom Western Province’s hooker Deon Fourie will appear before a SARU Judiciary Hearing after he was cited for foul play during Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division game against The Sharks on Saturday.
Fourie was cited under Law 10.4 (M) – for an act contrary to good sportsmanship. The Vodacom Western Province hooker was cited after his right hand allegedly made contact with face area of The Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis. The incident occurred during the 61st minute of the game. Vodacom Western Province defeated The Sharks 33-21.
The date and time of the hearing will be confirmed on Monday.
Issued by SARU Communications

Watte?
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 1) :
Was pretty clear on TV. 🙁
Righto,Shimmie to lead the charge
Wasn’t JdV involved in that little scuffle as well?
Looked like nothing more than handbags at ten paces to me. 🙄
Would need to see it again maybe.
@lostfish (Comment 4) : jip,he was ..no citing ,though 😕 …protecting a ‘golden boy’ of sa rugby ? .. would be his second citing this season … becoming habitual … 😡
@McLovin (Comment 5) : ten paces from your tv set…?
@lostfish (Comment 4) : no mention of the “job” schalkie did on rory … 😯 😡
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 3) :
@lostfish (Comment 4) : see the replay of that hit andries strauss put on vermeulen ..? how about aplon driving into strauss` exposed rib area with his head a la the bakkies head (rib)butt aplon got from bakkies..
@lostfish (Comment 4) : guess tgey are protecting him and the stormers .. his actions seemed the worse …guess his image cant afford another citing and suspension ..paddy o`brien will be emailing hoskins : TOLD YOU SO!!
LOL Splinter Shimange for semi finals?!
😈
Watch the DVD of match this afternoon, must agree on that of Aplon head driving into Strauss’s ribs, to ad Mark Lawrence are surely making a habit a habit of being inconsistent 😉
Jeez but you Sharks supporters are a bunch of whiners!! 🙄
@ wpw, this is a Sharks blog, we can wine and dine as much as we like, just one thing, no gatsby’s allowed 😆
@ wpw, and we’re just giving you some food for thought that WP are not really that good 😉
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 1) : ja ek het dit ook gesien sies man ons was daar vir net friendlyness 🙂 😉
@bergshark (Comment 6) : @bergshark (Comment 7) : @bergshark (Comment 8) : @bergshark (Comment 9) :
😉
@wpw (Comment 14) : 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿
don’t get a big head now we are just starting to like u my WP friend 🙂 😉
Cheetahs to upset Province at Newlands!!! 👿 👿 👿
@Charlie (Comment 15) :
😉
@Charlie (Comment 16) :
agg nee ADI i thought we were giving him a lot more 😉 i was really looking forward to c Province on ST in the semi’s just to gv him some of his own medisyne terug 😉 
@The Sharks Sharkie (Comment 20) : i agree with u 😕 but what the hell sometimes i think we can bet any team on our own field but those dame Cheetahs always seem to get back at us in the semi’s so maybe we can break that and play to win the bulls we did in the finals so why not in the semi’s and will win or the WP or the Cheeaths 🙂
😯 Chaz 😯
nearly forgot about the reading 😳
Got sited must get busted and get a couple of weeks all the other teams get busted so why nt him 😕 😉
Ja Charlie. Ek moes heel week hoor hoe julle vir ons gaan ‘demolish’. 😉
En by the way, ek praatie van jou nie!!
@bergshark (Comment 8) : Obviously nothing in it. Wax on , wax off. 🙄
@bergshark (Comment 7) : Call in the yoga instructors. 😉
@wpw (Comment 25) : ag my ou vriend ons wou maar net julle ‘n kans gee vir ‘n tuis wet struit dis al jy moet ons dankie sê vir die wen 😆
eish 😉
@wpw (Comment 25) : net met jou 😉
@McLovin (Comment 27) : for the Cheetahs 😉
Date and time of Fourie Hearing
Vodacom Western Province’s hooker Deon Fourie will appear before a SARU Judicial Hearing on Monday at 14h30 after he was cited for foul play during Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division game against The Sharks on Saturday. Fourie was cited under Law 10.4 (M) – for an act contrary to good sportsmanship.
The Vodacom Western Province hooker was cited after his right hand allegedly made contact with face area of The Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis. The incident occurred during the 61st minute of the game. Vodacom Western Province defeated The Sharks 33-21. The hearing will take place at the offices of the Western Province Rugby Football Union.
A statement will be released after confirmation of the outcome of the hearing.
Issued by SARU
This weekends Rugby I’m afriad has continued the trend of some very questionable foul plays.Its softening the game up.
Van Heerden sent off for a totally legit tackle which turned out to effect the game in favour of the Bulls.
The yellow in the Griqua game also had a major influenze ..what are rugby players now not allowed to bump into each other …?
And to cite Fourie for a minor scuffle is ridiculous.
Outcome of Deon Fourie Hearing Vodacom Western Province hooker Deon Fourie was on Monday found not guilty of foul play at a SARU judicial hearing held in Cape Town.Fourie was cited under Law 10.4 (M) – for an act contrary to good sportsmanship. The Vodacom Western Province hooker was cited after his right hand allegedly made contact with the face area of The Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis. The incident occurred during the 61st minute of the game. Vodacom Western Province defeated The Sharks 33-21. SARU judicial officer Rob Stelzner considered evidence from the Vodacom WP hooker, video recordings and heard submissions from Fourie’s representative. He noted that Du Plessis’ nose was visible and above the hand of Fourie according to the available footage of the incident.Stelzner added that Du Plessis did not complain of any eye gouging or eye contact immediately after the incident. He also pointed out that the incident occurred in front of the Assistant Referee Marc van Zyl who did not observe any contact with Du Plessis’ eyes. As a result, the citing was not upheld.Issued by SARU Communication
Good news for Province fans !
One has to wonder what the point of this citing was. 🙄
South Africa
Currie Cup semifinals
Sharks vs Blue Bulls at Absa Stadium Durban
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan, Phillip Bosch
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen
did he not ref our semi last year as well??
hers the rest of the ref appointments
Western Province vs Free State Cheetahs at Newlands
Referee: Mark Lawrence
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert, Cobus Wessels
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman
Division 1 Final
South Western Districts Eagles vs Eastern Province Kings at Outeniqua Park, George
Referee: Pro Legoete
Assistant referees: Joey Salmans, Reuben Rossouw
Assessor: Gerrie Coetzee
Reserve referee: J Peyper
Under 21A Semifinals
Blue Bulls vs Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Referee: Quinton Immelman
Assistant referees: Rasta Rashivenga, Stefan Breytenbach
Western Province vs Free State Cheetahs at Newlands
Referee: Archie Sehlako
Assistant referees: Luke Burger, Linston Manuels
Under-19A Semifinals
Blue Bulls vs Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Referee: François Groenewald
Assistant referees: Rasta Rashivenga, Stefan Breytenbach
Western Province vs Leopards at Newlands
Referee: Ben Crouse
Assistant referees: Luke Burger, Linston Manuels
Woohoo!! Great news!! 😎
@wpw (Comment 39) : Is that relief I detect
Hey diablo.
I really rate Fourie and it would have been a huge loss had he been found guilty.