Faingaa banned
5 Sep 2010
Saia Faingaa has copped a two-match suspension for a dangerous tackle in Saturday’s Test between the Wallabies and Springboks.
The replacement hooker spike tackled Flip van der Merwe in the 69th minute, an action that earned the player a yellow card. Faingaa was subsequently cited by Sanzar Citing Commissioner Steve Hinds.
Faingaa appeared before Judicial Officer Nigel Frampton on Sunday and pleaded guilty. Frampton regarded the tackle as reckless rather than intentional, while Faingaa’s guilty plea, his expression of remorse and otherwise impeccable record was taken into account in passing sentence.
He will be suspended from all rugby until September 19.
79 Comments
5 Sep 2010, 08:35 am
He’ll be gone for 2 games.
5 Sep 2010, 08:49 am
Man Of the Match performance… thank you Fingers!
5 Sep 2010, 09:02 am
If there is any consistency he’ll be off for a few weeks. I don’t think any of the so-called spear tackles in this year’s Trinations has warranted suspensions but there needs to be an evenhanded approach to all players.
5 Sep 2010, 09:06 am
Silly bugga could have pulled out but the dope kept going. It was clear Flip was going to ground, Rocky was there the assist/pilfer… so the brainfart will get him 2 deserved weeks.
He has performed this year remarkably well and will learn from the experience Mr Deans has afforded him.
5 Sep 2010, 09:23 am
Keo’s log has the Wallabies with only 1 bonus point. They scored 4 tries in the first half hour this weekend and they did the same a week earlier. That makes in two bonus points earned in the last fortnight alone. That log is wrong.
5 Sep 2010, 09:45 am
No intention???
5 Sep 2010, 09:58 am
this poses an interesting dilema now, who will replace him?
5 Sep 2010, 10:09 am
to be honest i felt he is unlucky to be banned as he isnt a dirty player and the tackler wasnt to bad i thought the yellow was enough
u wont often hear me stick up for a convict
but an aussie being banned is insane as they get away with murder
5 Sep 2010, 10:18 am
@SAussie/QldRed(SAussie)-7: Can Smit play for the Aussies? Please
5 Sep 2010, 10:19 am
to be honest i thought chilli played ok last night for the short time he was on
5 Sep 2010, 10:33 am
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-9: We might need him, The scary reality for both of us is how good the AB’s are at the moment, its not to say our teams are bad, we still could thrash most other teams in the world but up against the men in black, thats a different story,
Aus is lucky as we have two more games against our traditional rivals, more time to test ourselves against the undisputed best, then we tour the North
5 Sep 2010, 10:35 am
i really hope the boks can get the grand slam at the end of the year hopefully with new blood in the team the boks will bounce back
5 Sep 2010, 10:38 am
i still cant believe this guy was banned i mean i really felt the yellow was enough but its good the irb is cracking down on dangerous play
i just wish they hadnt banned rucking
5 Sep 2010, 10:42 am
@klippies101(klippies101)-12: now blood would be good, stuff the old guys, give your in form young guys a run, you might drop a few in the short term but you will be laughing in the long run
5 Sep 2010, 10:45 am
wow to be honest david pocock was a player what a pest he is so good how do u stop him
5 Sep 2010, 10:50 am
he is probably one of the best in the world him or richie will be irb player of the year for sure
5 Sep 2010, 10:59 am
@SAussie/QldRed(SAussie)-11: the MIB are licking their lips, they want to make it 10 and then 11 straight victories over the cons stretching their overall match wins to 67 vs 29.
5 Sep 2010, 11:02 am
I am surprised that the boks 17 was not cited for the shoulder charge straight after the spear tackle!!
5 Sep 2010, 11:08 am
@RedLion is born again(RL)-17: And I think they will do it, We havent the team the match them, not this year, next year, hopefully with a less injuries, we will
5 Sep 2010, 11:17 am
to be honest i didnt see the shoulder charge
5 Sep 2010, 11:33 am
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. -Vince Lombardi
the boks really need to do some sole searching
5 Sep 2010, 11:43 am
Best thing that could have happened to the Wallabies
Not only is Saia Faingaa a poor lock but he is mentally challenged, wonder if coach Dean finally gets it?
5 Sep 2010, 11:44 am
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-22: a lock?
Perhaps you the 1 mentally challenged?
5 Sep 2010, 11:48 am
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-22: Fingers is a HOOKER… Omg are you on the tik?
5 Sep 2010, 11:49 am
Keohane when is the press conference taking place? Is PDivvy getting fired or were you talking kak again?
5 Sep 2010, 11:53 am
PDV is safe as houses, as they say in the mortgage game.
5 Sep 2010, 11:56 am
ja i dont think snor is going anywhere
5 Sep 2010, 11:56 am
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-22: a lock?
Perhaps you the 1 mentally challenged?
lol nice one
5 Sep 2010, 12:01 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-18: Jaa I saw that as well , it was not different from the shoulder charge on De Jongh by Franks a few weeks prior though.
5 Sep 2010, 12:07 pm
I thought Smit had a very good game yesterday , he hardly looked out of steam like previously , maybe the knowledge that he only needs to go for 60 mins meant that he did not need to hold back ? anyway , a rest would do him well , once again we saw his value as a leader yesterday , Aussies scored all their points when he went off , coincidence ? He just needs to be that captain throughout the game cos he certainly was not in the first half !
I hope the anti Smit Brigade would shut up now , their continual attack on a man who has bled and sacrificed so much for his country is disgusting , Its one thing to be critical of the man but to attack him week in and week out like that is cowardice and reeks of small d i c k syndrome.Next year he will lead us into the WC with distinction and they can all disappear.
5 Sep 2010, 12:10 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-30: bissy 100 times better.
And you know it.
5 Sep 2010, 12:11 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-22: LOL , guess thats it for u then , ironically u expose urself !!
5 Sep 2010, 12:14 pm
@grant10(grant10)-31: O , I will indulge , explain please , does he lead better ? Give away fewer penalties ? Knock on less ? Or is he just fitter and in better shape seeing that Smit has played non stop top class rugby the last 2-3 years.
Smit can rest and get into shape but can Bissy control his aggression ? Get better hands ? Lead the Boks ? Not give away penalties ?
5 Sep 2010, 12:21 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-18: Me too, saw that and thought he would get a citing.
5 Sep 2010, 12:37 pm
Sorry guys but who are all these Aussies that are injured and will make the team vastly different next year. Mortlock is always injured and I think you missing a prop or 2 but other than that I’m not sure whose out?
5 Sep 2010, 12:38 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-34: No citing , same thing happened when Franks shouldered charged De Jongh , at least they consistent this time.
5 Sep 2010, 12:41 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-33: i wont indulge….you know your rugby…..so deep down we dont have to debate…..
5 Sep 2010, 12:43 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-36: Maybe consistency in this regard isn’t a goodthing.
5 Sep 2010, 12:44 pm
@grant10(grant10)-37: LOL , nice copout. Yes deep down we all know. I just at least try and back up my statements.
5 Sep 2010, 12:46 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-38: I feel it is , otherwise it would fuel the conspiracy theories out there that the Ref are out to get the boks and take focus off our real problems , besides that , how can it not be that one set of rules apply to one team but not for another ?
5 Sep 2010, 12:48 pm
@klippies101(klippies101)-21:
Klippies – “he boks really need to do some sole searching”
I’m not having a “go” at your language here (cos if your 1st language isn’t English, then your English is 100x better than my Afrikaans), but whatever way you look at you’re right!
“Soul” – yes, they really do need to take a good hard look at what they are each bringing to the team (as John Smit himself is reported as saying).
“Sole” – yes, they need a good kick up the backside
“Sole” – yes, a spot of fishing is probably what many of them need!
5 Sep 2010, 13:08 pm
@grant10(grant10)-23:
LOL its a typo
5 Sep 2010, 13:10 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-42: hokker or plontrow would be a typo , but lock for a hooker ? Jaa right.
5 Sep 2010, 13:10 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-33:
Agreed.
Bissy would be one of my 3 hookers at the WC. He’s fantastic in the loose – when he’s not giving away penalties or succumbing to the red mist and trying to take off someone’s head after the whistle’s gone. Much in the same mould as Bakkie, he is. As for his scrummaging – slightly suspect there, too. Long back, easier for opposition hookers to get under him.
5 Sep 2010, 13:14 pm
Saia Faingaa should be dropped forever from the Wallabies.
Reckon he is on steroids and that brain of his just doesnt work.
At loftus he was horrific
Moore has what it takes
5 Sep 2010, 13:17 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-43:
Lol WTF is “hokker”
5 Sep 2010, 13:20 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-46: That would be an example of a typo. Not lock as you said , u made a mistake , exposed ur limited knowledge , own up , dont try and cover it up.
5 Sep 2010, 13:30 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-46:
Its just a bit further up the alphabet than “fokker”.
5 Sep 2010, 13:31 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-47:
Yea i wondered how i typed in the word lock but i couldnt figure it out, ok so tell us whats a hokker?
5 Sep 2010, 13:32 pm
@BillTong(BillTong)-48:
Lmao thanx
5 Sep 2010, 13:38 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-49: Oh that is easy… A hokker is a number4 on tik
5 Sep 2010, 13:41 pm
Folks yesterdays result was a WIN-WIN result. That is strange but true because we saved Deans his bacon and we quite possibly gave the fat boys and PDivvy the bullet for that performance … if you believe Keohane
5 Sep 2010, 13:45 pm
@sparticus(sparticus)-40: No I meant they should both have been cited, cnsistency yes, but wrong on both counts
5 Sep 2010, 13:49 pm
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-51:
lmao
5 Sep 2010, 13:51 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-52:
Deans is bullet proof
just like our own clown PDV
5 Sep 2010, 13:52 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-52: Mate about the only fact you did not touch on is that the WIN-WIN situation is
Wallabies = WIN & Mr Deans = Birthday Gift / WIN
Dont see any other positives.
5 Sep 2010, 13:54 pm
@goyougoodthing2(goyougoodthing2)-9:
Great idea
5 Sep 2010, 13:56 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-55: Deans has a contract and his tenure is to not only coach our Wallabies but to develop structures far beyond the present.
So far so good.
5 Sep 2010, 13:57 pm
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-56:
the sooner PDV the clown is fired the better
we will have to wait for after the world cup for that blessed event
its positive that the Boks lost because PDV suffers
That clown was pacing up and down like the caged animal
that he is
5 Sep 2010, 14:03 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-59: Have to admit he did do the last couple of minutes tough; the camera/direction was merciless. At least Redbull got free air-play.
5 Sep 2010, 14:19 pm
@RugbyRulz(RugbyRulz)-60:
Gave me great joy
5 Sep 2010, 14:30 pm
Did you guys watch the england aussie world cup womens game?
The Aussie left wing took the england right wing out
with a tackle the ABs would have been proud of
5 Sep 2010, 14:35 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-62: eeeeeeeeeeeewwwww man you watch that croc? All of those beast make Caster look pretty and so feminine in comparrision.
btw are the kiwis playing the Poms for the cup – I think it would only be right that the 2 nations with the fattest and ugliest beast contest for the cup.
5 Sep 2010, 14:43 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-63:
lol yea its tonight, but seriously i havent seen a tackle like
that from the Boks in years
5 Sep 2010, 14:53 pm
@Boksarenumber4(Boksarenumber1)-64:
I will rather watch the premiership saints vs tigers then afterwards it is frog rugga someone vs Stade Francis … I will leave womens rugga to my kiwi friends and the one or 2 saffas who enjoy the eye candy on show
5 Sep 2010, 14:56 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-65: Women’s rugby means not a high probability of eye candy and if there is any, she probably bats for the other team.
This isn’t Beach Volleyball
5 Sep 2010, 14:58 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-65:
LOL thats not eye candy
The cheerleaders are
6 Sep 2010, 01:32 am
@RedLion is born again(RL)-63: guess you didn’t see the bold man looking saffa team then?
Guess if my team was hopeless then I wouldn’t support them too.
6 Sep 2010, 01:50 am
@Bok fan(Bok fan)-35:
Ben Alexander
Tatafu Polota-Nau
James Horwill
Wycliff Palu
Scott Higginbotham
Stirling Mortlock
Digby Ioane
Peter Hynes
Cam Shepherd
Rob Horne
10 players I can think of, 9 of which would be in the matchday 22 if fit.
Even for a country who didn’t struggle with player depth that would be a heavy blow.
6 Sep 2010, 01:58 am
And what is with another Saffa getting MOM after another lose? Reminds me of when oz lost the RLWC final and then naming player MOM. But we won the cup so wasn’t too bothered.
6 Sep 2010, 01:59 am
@DonutDunning(DonutDunning)-69:
Howzit Donut, I was thinking about you when Beale was trying to use his head late in the second half. That must surely count as the falcon of the decade! Then he went on to slot the penalty and all was forgiven…
6 Sep 2010, 01:59 am
Oh and congrats on the win too!
6 Sep 2010, 02:13 am
@Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-71: Cheers mate, was nail biting stuff. I know no-one likes a loss, but your boys did damn well to come back from 31-3 down.
I’ll give Beale the benefit of the doubt for now after that blinder of a kick.
But combine his falcon with his passing the ball back over our deadball line (led to JdV’s try off the next scrum), I was about ready to have an aneurysm!
6 Sep 2010, 02:14 am
@Kiwisamoan(Kiwisamoan)-70: RM got player of the year last year after theABs had a dismal season.I think it is for the man and not the team IMO
6 Sep 2010, 02:26 am
@DonutDunning(DonutDunning)-73:
He missed a tackle or two as well…
I read a comment from someone on here…the comeback was great BUT the most capped Bok team ever (?) leading a yound and inexperienced Wallaby team, on the highveld and against 14 men and we still let in 10 points to lose?! Aish, not a lot of positives to be taken from that.
6 Sep 2010, 05:32 am
So thats now 3 spear tackles(for the life of me how Genia was not cited) in a row by Aussie players.
So now do we call them a dirty team?
6 Sep 2010, 06:33 am
Huia Edmonds will replace Fingers.
6 Sep 2010, 08:53 am
@Bok fan(Bok fan)-35:
Polatu Nau – better and more aggressive than moore.
Horwill – more aggressive than brown
Ben alexander – better than fatso in every department.
Ioane – adds sting at 13, pushes ashley cooper to 15
Vickerman – due back next year. adds mongrel in the loose. good ball carrier and good at set pieces.
Horne – great defensively – good back up to Ioane.
Hynes – adds bulk and strength at wing.
Hinginbotham – speed and strength at loose forward. can be a good back up or be selected against a fast physical team.
6 Sep 2010, 09:51 am
He has an impeccable record because he has only played 2 games…..
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