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Treeby suspended for three weeks after Francis tackle

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Shaun Treeby tackles Piers Francis

Shaun Treeby has been suspended for three weeks after pleading guilty to a dangerous tackle on Piers Francis during Stormers’ 30-22 Super Rugby victory over Blues on Friday.

The centre escaped punishment on the field for the challenge in the 47th minute that saw his swinging arm catch Francis on the chin, leaving the Blues number 10 knocked out and concussed.

Despite the leniency from referee Jaco van Heerden and TMO Shaun Veldsman, Treeby was subsequently cited by SANZAAR for what the citing commissioner deemed was at the “red card threshold for foul play”.

His case was reviewed by the governing body’s foul play committee on Sunday, and could have earned a six-week ban.

However, due to Treeby’s early guilty plea and excellent judicial record the panel halved his punishment.

The Stormers will only be without his services for one Super Rugby match – against the Sharks next Saturday – with the South African franchise not playing again until early July.

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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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