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Thorn suspended for up-ending Smit
Jul 6, 2008
New Zealand lock Brad Thorn has been handed a one-week ban for unsportsmanlike behaviour and will miss next weekend's Tri-Nations match against South Africa in Dunedin.
Thorn was cited after the All Blacks' 19-8 victory over the world champions in Wellington on Saturday, in which the 33-year-old picked up Springboks hooker John Smit in the sixth minute and dumped him on his back after a ruck.
The incident prompted a melee between both sets of forwards and Smit said after the game the tackle had caused a groin injury that grew progressively worse throughout the first half and forced the Springboks skipper off just before the interval.
Thorn was cited by commissioner Tim Harland...................
Full story:Thorn suspended for up-ending Smit | RUGBY | SPORT | tvnz.co.nz
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Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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serves him right!
BOKKE“Let me put it this way, A Springbok team contains Afrikaners, Englishmen, coloureds and blacks. It has parochial foes in Bulls, Sharks, Stormers, Cheetahs and Lions. It is a recipe for war! Yet in all the years of John Smit’s captaincy, there has never been one unhappy customer, not one voice of rebellion against his leadership. He is the glue that holds the Springboks together. The man is a legend!”- Jake White