Schalk Burger: banned for eight-weeks

SOUTH AFRICA forward Schalk Burger has reacted to his eight-week suspension byinsisting: “I am not a rugby thug.”

Fri, 03 Jul, 2009 - 01:00
Barry Coughlan, Johannesburg

Burger will miss tomorrow’s Test series finale against the British and Irish Lions at Ellis Park after being banned following a first-minute incident during South Africa’s 28-25 win in Pretoria last weekend.

He was found guilty of making contact with the face in the eye area of Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald, but received only a yellow card.

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CourtsRugbyPlace: South AfricaPlace: Ellis ParkPlace: PretoriaPerson: Schalk BurgerPerson: BurgerPerson: Luke FitzgeraldPerson: FitzgeraldPerson: Alan HudsonPerson: HudsonPerson: de VilliersPerson: Ian McGeechanPerson: Joe WorsleyPerson: Tom CroftPerson: Stuart BarnesPerson: Ugo MonyePerson: Phil VickeryPerson: McGeechanPerson: MtawariraPerson: PhilPerson: John HayesPerson: Tommy BowePerson: Riki FluteyPerson: TommyPerson: Stephen JonesPerson: Mike PhillipsPerson: Paul O’ConnellPerson: Jamie HeaslipPerson: Gerald DaviesPerson: BothaPerson: Peter de VilliersOrganisation: British and Irish LionsOrganisation: AfricaOrganisation: LionsOrganisation: Emerging SpringboksOrganisation: BoksOrganisation: Springboks
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