Hooper free to face All Blacks
AUSTRALIA flanker Michael Hooper was freed to face New Zealand in the Rugby Championship decider this weekend after an appeal against the leniency of his one-week ban for striking an opponent was dismissed yesterday.
SANZAR, the governing body of southern hemisphere rugby, launched an appeal on Friday against Hooper’s punishment for striking Argentina’s Nicolas Sanchez in last weekend’s test in Mendoza.
The Australian Rugby Union responded by launching a counter-appeal against the original ban but both were unanimously dismissed by a three-man committee yesterday.
The former Wallabies captain landed the blow after being held back by flyhalf Sanchez while trying to support Dean Mumm as the lock charged to the line to score a try in the 34-9 victory over the Pumas. A two-week ban was reduced to one week because of Hooper’s exemplary disciplinary record.
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