Lood de Jager's decision to use no arms in a ruck during his side's 57-15 loss to the All Blacks in Durban resulted in him being yellow carded. He was later cited.

Lood de Jager's decision to illegally use his shoulder to batter All Blacks replacement prop Wyatt Crockett at Durban's King's Park on Sunday morning could cost him more than just the embarrassment of being involved in a team that suffered a record loss to the New Zealanders.

Substitute Springboks lock de Jager was yellow carded in the 72nd minute of the test against the All Blacks in Durban, a match the visitors won 57-15, and has since been called out by the Sanzaar citing commissioner for his nasty deed during the Rugby Championship match.

De Jager is alleged to have contravened Law 10.4 (h). The law clearly states a player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Charging includes any contact made without use of the arms, or without grasping a player.

Referee Jerome Garces didn't hesitate to send de Jager to the sin bin when he witnessed him ram his frame into Crockett, leaving the Springboks, who were already in a state of disarray, to spend the rest of the match defending with just 14 men.

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Upon further review of the match footage, the citing commissioner deemed in his opinion the incident had met the red card threshold for foul play. The citing is to be considered in the first instance by Sanzaar duty judicial officer Adam Casselden.



All Sanzaar disciplinary matters are in the first instance referred to a duty judicial officer hearing to provide the option of expediting the judicial process.



For a matter to be dispensed with at this hearing, the person appearing must plead guilty and accept the penalty offered by the DJO.