The statement Thomas Ramos provided for Lood de Jager’s disciplinary hearing has been revealed
De Jager received a permanent red card in the first half of the Springboks’ 32-17 victory in Paris after making shoulder-to-the head contact with Ramos.
The 32-year-old lock also copped a four-match ban after appearing before an independent disciplinary hearing.
“I caught a high ball and saw the scrumhalf [Cobus Reinach] coming up fast towards me. I tried to take him on in the one-on-one,” said Ramos in his statement.
As I was about to go to the ground, I saw a South African player charging at me at full speed. I did my best to brace myself and absorb the impact. At the time, I didn’t feel any pain.
However, my knee and ankle twisted a bit, which explains why, two days later, I’m feeling some muscle tension.
“I also woke up with some stiffness in my neck, probably due to the collision.
“I don’t hold any grudge against the South African player [De Jager], but if he wanted to apologise, I would have preferred he did it right away rather than waiting until the end of the match, once both teams had already returned to the locker rooms.
De Jager received a permanent red card in the first half of the Springboks’ 32-17 victory in Paris after making shoulder-to-the head contact with Ramos.
The 32-year-old lock also copped a four-match ban after appearing before an independent disciplinary hearing.
The 32-year-old received a four-match ban for making shoulder-to-the head contact with France fullback Thomas Ramos during Saturday’s win in Paris.
This follows a nine-week ban, reduced to eight, for Bok front-rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels, despite a lack of video evidence.
We not doing to great in the boardrooms currently, feels like the creativity is moving off the field and becoming more important inside the boardroom,” Erasmus wrote on X. “Anyway in this video you can see Duane lengthening [SA Rugby president] Mr Alexander by 5cm as a possible replacement for Lood.”
