Carter to miss Italy match after one-week ban
By AFP, 11 Nov 2009 AFP is a Roar Pro
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New Zealand five eighth Dan Carter is set to miss the All Blacks’ Test match against Italy on Saturday after being banned for one week here Tuesday for a high tackle on Wales halfback Martin Roberts.
Carter, who can appeal, is free to resume playing on November 17 – well in time to be available for New Zealand’s November 21 international against England at Twickenham.
The All Blacks playmaker was cited for a dangerous tackle on Roberts during New Zealand’s 19-12 victory at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
Man-of-the-match Carter escaped censure from referee Craig Joubert but Wales’s Kiwi coach Warren Gatland was adamant he deserved at least a yellow card, which would have seen the playmaker sent to the sin-bin for 10 minutes.
New Zealand are currently preparing for this coming Saturday’s Test against Italy in Milan where Carter, who has been struggling with a calf injury, may well have been rested in any event.
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CaughtOffside said | November 11th 2009 @ 9:00am | Report comment
What is going on?
Can we really believe this is a one week ban. I cant believe it was cited. As a rugby supporter I can not understand how this ended in a one week sanction.
I was of the humble opinion that the citing system was there to deal with major transgressions, that would have resulted in a red card had the officials dealt or seen it. As it was the officials on the filed did not deal with it, and it has gone to this legnth.
I agree it was a PK offence, and a borderline YC. I say borderline, as if it was his second trangression, maybe to the bin, but the incident itself deserved a PK. But a week out… wow…
NZ wont apeal this… but I hope this is not the future of our game.
Mr Denmore said | November 11th 2009 @ 9:13am | Report comment
It’s political. The IRB was got to by Gatland’s ridiculous claims that international referees go soft on the All Blacks and by the provocative slow-mo replays of the incident by the ground broadcaster.
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa cannot legitimately win games on their end-of-year tours to the northern hemisphere, because the home unions will now always go running to the IRB with claims of thuggery.
And the northern hemisphere media will always run with those stories because it fits their preconceived narrative.
Gatland has just stuffed any chance he had of every coaching the All Blacks. What a tosser.
Lee said | November 11th 2009 @ 11:36am | Report comment
Bok Lions tour wasa prime example, leading up to it, certain sections of the media proclaimed the only way to beat the Boks was matching them physically and then when the games got physical there was alot of bleating.
Nick (KIA) said | November 12th 2009 @ 10:02am | Report comment
Why has this affected Gatland’s ability to coach the ABs? If anything it shows him to be a bit of a shrewd operator, if somewhat of a winey little biatch.
King of the Gorganites said | November 11th 2009 @ 12:39pm | Report comment
im surprised that with the game in milan and a sell out, it is a PR dream for the italians. ashame they dont have the best player in the world to further promote it
Nick (KIA) said | November 12th 2009 @ 10:01am | Report comment
He wasn’t going to play anyway. I bet the ABs are not unhappy with this outcome, as they don’t have to explain to the Italians why Carter’s in the stand rather than the pitch.
Darwin hammer said | November 12th 2009 @ 10:28am | Report comment
Or spin it the other way Nick – if he wasn’t banned and still not selected – the NZRFU could then answer the bleating by saying well how about negotiating a share of the gate next time and we’ll put out our top boys … missed opportunity to try and get a slice of the action
zzzz said | November 12th 2009 @ 10:55am | Report comment
The Welsh crowd were sore losers. They were up their with all those Poms who booed Ponting.
Sad.