Argentinian player Juan Cruz Mallia has been cited by southern hemisphere rugby governing body SANZAAR for an unsanctioned dangerous collision on South African Grant Williams during a Rugby Championship game, the league said. body on Monday.
“Cruz Mallia is suspected of having violated rule 9.11: players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous for others,” said SANZAAR in a press release, considering that the Toulouse player should have been sanctioned with a Red card.
The Argentina full-back slammed into the South African scrum-half, who had just kicked the ball away, after just ten seconds of play in the Pumas’ 22-21 loss to Johannesburg on Saturday, on the final day of the Rugby Championship.
K.O, Williams was evacuated on a stretcher before joining his teammates on the bench a few minutes later.
After watching the action on the giant screen, Irish referee Andrew Brace said “no fouls occurred”.
After the meeting, the Springboks coach said that Williams, who knew his first tenure there, would be unavailable “at least for two weeks”, while the World Cup in France will start in just over a month, on September 8.
The SANZAAR Disciplinary Committee will meet on Tuesday, by videoconference, to decide.
Argentina will face the reigning world champions South Africa again on Saturday, this time in Buenos Aires in a friendly test match.