Samu Kerevi’s tour over as ban revealed for pink card in Wallabies rout

Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi has had his pink card upheld and can miss the remainder of the Wallabies’ Autumn Sequence.

Kerevi was yellow carded and positioned on evaluation early within the second half of the 52-20 win over Wales on Monday AEDT and the cardboard was upgraded to a pink.

Kerevi’s night got here unstuck within the forty second minute as he lined up Morgan after a lineout.

Though Kerevi was bent on the knees, the Japan-based midfielder, who was enjoying simply his second match in six months, drove up and made contact with the pinnacle.

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt mentioned he was “fairly disillusioned with that call round Samu, and we’ll take a look at that.”

It’s understood the Wallabies didn’t struggle the cost due to the time it could take to resolve the difficulty by way of an attraction.

He was banned for six video games however has had the sentence lowered to 3 resulting from his resolution to simply accept mistaken doing, and his earlier good file. That may embody the match towards Scotland and two membership trials for D-Rocks on December 1 and seven.

Schmidt mentioned after the sport: “He’s [Kerevi] fairly distraught. Fiftieth sport for the Wallabies and getting that pink card. He was making an attempt to drop into the sort out, and I felt Max [Jac Morgan] simply dropped as properly.

“We have been shocked that there was no mitigation, significantly as a result of Jac performed on, and there was no ping on his mouthguard, so it was then described as excessive hazard. However that’s simply the world we stay in now, and we’ll take a look at that carefully and doubtlessly ask some questions by the fitting channels.”

Kerevi’s loss ought to see Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii restored to the centres for the match alongside Len Ikitau. It may additionally imply a debut for Harry Potter, whereas Hamish Stewart was considered one of 4 gamers referred to as into the squad from the Australia XV.

In an announcement the Autumn Nations organisers mentioned:

“Australia quantity 12, Samu Kerevi, appeared earlier than an impartial Disciplinary Committee yesterday night by way of video hyperlink having acquired a 20-minute pink card for an act of foul play opposite to Regulation 9.13 within the match between Australia and Wales on Sunday seventeenth November 2024. 

“The impartial Disciplinary Committee was chaired by Brenda Heather-Latu (Samoa), joined by former worldwide referee Donal Courtney (Eire) and former worldwide participant Becky Essex (England).

“The Disciplinary Committee has upheld the pink card issued to the participant and by making use of World Rugby’s sanctioning provisions, have decided that the mid-range entry level of six weeks/matches was applicable.

“In mild of the participant accepting he dedicated an act of foul play in addition to different mitigating elements comparable to his clear disciplinary file, his regret and good conduct, they’ve utilized the complete 50% discount in sanction, thus decreasing the ultimate sanction to 3 weeks/matches.

“The participant has moreover been given permission to use to participate in World Rugby’s Teaching Intervention Programme to substitute the ultimate match of their sanction which is aimed toward modifying particular strategies and technical points that contributed to the foul play.”