September 13, 201113 yr Author England lock forward Courtney Lawes has been handed a two-game ban for recklessly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma last Saturday. Rugby World Cup organisers confirmed the news on Tuesday, with the Northampton Saint set to miss the games against Georgia and Romania. "Lawes, who pleaded not guilty, was suspended by independent judicial officer Terry Willis (Australia) in accordance with the Rugby World Cup 2011 disciplinary process," read a Rugby World Cup Ltd statement. "Having conducted a detailed review of all the evidence available, including all broadcast angles and additional evidence from the player and submissions from his counsel, Richard Smith QC, the judicial officer upheld the citing on the basis that the player had committed an act of foul play. "With respect to the sanction, the offence was deemed to be low-end (which has an entry point of three weeks). "However, taking into account mitigating factors being his excellent disciplinary record and remorse and the absence of aggravating factors, the player was suspended for two weeks. "In the context of the Rugby World Cup tournament a week equates to one match. "Therefore, Lawes is suspended for two Rugby World Cup 2011 matches and is free to resume playing for England's Pool B match against Scotland in Auckland on October 1." Planet Rugby
September 13, 201113 yr Author XV ARGENTINA vs Romania - RWC 2011 15 Lucas Gonzalez, 14 Gonzalo Camacho, 13 Martin Rodriguez, 12 Marcelo Bosch, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Santiago Fernandez, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6 Julio Farias Cabello, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Rodrigo Roncero. Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Martin Scelzo, 18 Mariano Galarza, 19 Alejandro Campos, 20 Alfredo Lalanne, 21 Nicolas Sanchez, 22 Juan Jose Imhoff. Date: Saturday, September 17 Kick-off: 15:30 (03:30 GMT) Venue: Rugby Park, Invercargill Planet Rugby
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September 13, 201113 yr Author XV FRANCE vs Canada - RWC 2011 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Aurélien Rougerie ©, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Romain, Millo-Chluski, 4 Pascale Papé, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux Poux. Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Fabrice Estebanez, 22 Maxime Médard. Date: Sunday, September 18 Kick-off: 20:30 (08:30 GMT) Venue: McLean Park, Napier Planet Rugby
September 13, 201113 yr Author XV RUSSIA vs United States 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Vladimir Ostroushko, 13 Konstantin Rachkov, 12 Alexey Makovetskiy, 11 Vasily Artemyev, 10 Yury Kushnarev, 9 Alexander Shakirov, 8 Vyacheslav Grachev, 7 Artem Fatakhov, 6 Andrey Garbuzov, 5 Denis Antonov, 4 Alexander Voytov, 3 Ivan Prishchepenko, 2 Vladislav Korshunov ©, 1 Sergey Popov. Replacements: 16 Valery Tsnobiladze, 17 Alexander Khrokin, 18 Vladmimir Botvinnikov, 19 Adam Byrnes, 20 Victor Gresev, 21 Alexander Yanyushkin, 22 Andrey Kuzin. Date: Thursday, September 15 Kick-off: 19:30 (07:30 GMT) Venue: Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth Planet Rugby
September 14, 201113 yr Author World Cup Scotland 15 - 6 Georgia Tonga 20 - 25 Canada Samoa 49 - 12 Namibia XV JAPAN vs New Zealand - RWC 2011 15 Taihei Ueda, 14 Takahisa Usuzuki, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Yuta Imamura, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Murray Williams, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 8 Takashi Kikutani ©, 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Itaru Taniguchi, 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Hithoshi Ono, 3 Nozomu Fujita, 2 Yusuke Aoki, 1 Naoki Kawamata. Replacements: 16 Hiroki Yuhara, 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 18 Yuji Kitagawa, 19 Sione Talikavili Vatuvei, 20 Tomoki Yoshida, 21 Shaun Webb, 22 Alisi Tupuailai. Date: Friday, September 16 Venue: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Kick-off: 20:00 (08:00 GMT) WATCH RWC GAMES LIVE @: http://football-france.webs.com/ http://ROJADIRECTA.ES/
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