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Video: Here’s the elbow to the head that earned Springbok Flip van der Merwe a ban
Published 16:14 30 Sept 2013 BST
Updated 12:21 14 Nov 2014 GMT
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The lock will now miss the Rugby Championship decider against New Zealand next week.
Even though it only merited a yellow during the game, Flip van der Merwe will sit out next week’s Rugby Championship decider with New Zealand after the South African was hit with a one-game ban by the citing commissioner today. Van der Merwe clearly led with the elbow as Wallaby wing Joe Tomane came at him, and that as we all know is not allowed. Judge for yourself below, but the main thing is that Tomane is okay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGx7pe0fwQExplore more on these topics:
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