Bizmark gets off!

How on earth does Bizmark escape further sanction? What a joke- they decided the stamping was accidental and not intentional! Clearly he was cleaning his studs and the Free Stater accidentally jumped underneath his foot.
This on top of Schalk van der Merwe escaping last week after the dangerous spear tackle.
Whilst I was happy to defend Bizmark after his brilliant tackle on Carter, he deserved this sending off and should have received at least an additional week or two.
It appears based on these two incidents, you would have to stab someone to merit further sanction!

if the Sharks were playing the Bulls on Saturday then there is no doubt in my mind he would have been banned.

Crazy decision....in a Super 15 citing thats 2 weeks.....Cape Town attorney had no option to let him play!

Whispers I heard were that because the WP hooker had not been cited for a worse category offence, it was difficult to ban Bismark. Maybe that is why the decision was not given straight away on Monday.

Craig Eudey Wrote:

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> Whispers I heard were that because the WP hooker
> had not been cited for a worse category offence,
> it was difficult to ban Bismark. Maybe that is why
> the decision was not given straight away on
> Monday.


Probably true....makes for a better final as had he not been there Sharks would have cried more when they lose!

That's why I am going to back WP, to stop them winning or I will have money in my pocket to drown my sorrows!

Ultimately you want to beat the best to win. I am Bismark is playing as there can be no complaints after the game.

Apparently someone in the line for tickets at Newlands said when asked about Bismark playing on sat " I don't care who we playing against, ons sal hulle maar net alweer donder!"

The issue which REALLY surprised me about this incident is that the referee never asked the TMO to put it up on the big screen so that he could view it - he simply accepted the recommendation from the assistant referee.

Had he done so he might have been very tempted to issue a red card - which is what it looked like when viewing the replays later.

The 'stomping' looked very much like....."And before I move on to the next phase try this on for size" from the evidence.