Botha and Burger banned

Last Updated: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:11
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South Africa forwards Bakkies Botha and Schalk Burger will miss the final Test with the Lions after receiving bans for dangerous play.

Botha, 29, was cited for an incident during the Springboks 28-25 series-clinching victory over the British and Irish Lions in Pretoria, which left Welsh prop Adam Jones with a dislocated shoulder.

He was found guilty by a disciplinary panel and was handed down a two-week ban for 'dangerous charging' and will play no part in the final match of the Lions tour next weekend.

Bakkies team-mate, Burger, was also cited for making contact with the eye area of Luke Fitzgerald and the panel issued a ban of eight weeks for the flanker.

After the match Lions coach Ian McGeechan was in no doubt that Burger was clearly in the wrong and deserves any punishment coming his way.

"It should be automatically a red card as I understand it," he said. "To me that it is never part of the game, I could never condone actions like that."



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