Shepherd sees a late yellow

Published: Saturday, 10. March, 2012 in category Super Rugby

Cameron Shepherd of the Western Force has been issued with an off-field yellow card for a dangerous tackle in the Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes in Perth on Friday.

The Force fullback was found guilty of contravening Law 10.4 (e) Dangerous Tackling in the 34th minute of the clash which the Force lost 19-46

 An off-field yellow card may be issued by the SANZAR citing commissioner for foul play incidents that are very close to, but in his opinion do not meet the red card threshold for citings.

In this case the incident was not acted on by the referee for the match and on further review of the match footage the citing commissioner deemed an off-field yellow card was appropriate.