Results for: Dangerous Tackle

Maro Itoje will be available for Saracens’ crucial Premiership play-off push after having a citing for a dangerous tackle against Bath dismissed. The England forward was initially deemed to have committed a red card offense, but an independent disciplinary panel determined that initial contact was not with the head, allowing him to avoid a suspension.

West Coast defender Tom Barrass’s bid to overturn his one-match suspension for a dangerous tackle has been unsuccessful. The AFL Tribunal upholds the original medium impact grading and rejects the club’s ‘good guy’ defense and call for leniency based on Barrass’s clean record and community work.