{"id":102206,"date":"2021-07-19T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102206"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:01:15","slug":"koroibete-free-to-play-after-controversial-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102206","title":{"rendered":"Koroibete free to play after controversial red card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marika Koroibete will be free to play for the Wallabies in next month&#x27;s Bledisloe Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/wallabies-marika-koroibete-sent-off-shoulder-charge-vs-france-test\/9a8e3ecc-0410-4071-9ca6-5fe3499b1cd6\" title=\"after avoiding further sanction for his hit on Anthony Jelonch.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">after avoiding further sanction for his hit on Anthony Jelonch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Koroibete was given his marching orders amid huge controversy in the opening minutes of Australia&#x27;s thrilling win over France at the weekend after he was deemed to have made direct contact to the head and shoulder of the French skipper.<\/p>\n<p>It meant the Wallabies were forced to battle with a man down en route to a stunning series-clinching win as fans and pundits across the game piled on officials for the heavy-handed decision. <\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"bac6bb5a-bef3-41ca-a8da-b34633ee81b1\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bac6bb5a-bef3-41ca-a8da-b34633ee81b1\" alt=\"Marika Koroibete sent off\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoteTuqiri\/status\/1416341575815163906\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoteTuqiri\/status\/1416341575815163906<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1bbradfo\/status\/1416341151183867908\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/1bbradfo\/status\/1416341151183867908<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RusselArnold69\/status\/1416341905093251075\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RusselArnold69\/status\/1416341905093251075<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, in a turn of fate for the Wallabies, Koribete will be free to play in Australia&#x27;s next clash, spared any further sanction by World Rugby.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The committee deemed Marika Koroibete&#x27;s tackle on French loose-forward Anthony Jelonch initially made shoulder to shoulder contact,&quot; A World Rugby statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Subsequently, through the impact, any contact to the chest and neck was incidental by Koroibete. Therefore, World Rugby&#x27;s Head Contact Process was not met due to mitigating factors, and the act of foul play was secondary.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;On that basis, the committee did not uphold the red card and the player is free to play again immediately.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken as a show of vindication for the Wallabies and Koroibete, as a host of greats weighed in on the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorganTurinui\/status\/1417071020960215044\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorganTurinui\/status\/1417071020960215044<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googharrison\/status\/1417081671308902402\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/googharrison\/status\/1417081671308902402<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinson88\/status\/1417079680692211715\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinson88\/status\/1417079680692211715<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Marika Koroibete will be free to play for the Wallabies in next month&#x27;s Bledisloe Cup after avoiding further sanction for his hit on Anthony Jelonch. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=102206\" title=\"Koroibete free to play after controversial red card\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102208,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102206\/revisions\/102208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}