2023-10-02 15:15:27
Sent off against Japan last Thursday, the Samoan winger will not play again in the competition.
Samoa winger Ben Lam, a former All Blacks player, has been handed a two-match suspension for a high tackle made last week during the Rugby World Cup match against Japan, World Rugby announced on Monday . The 32-year-old received a red card for his gesture during his team’s defeat (28-22) on Thursday in Toulouse, synonymous with the elimination of the Samoa Islands. “The player admitted that there had been a foul and that the offense warranted a red card“, said World Rugby.
Normally, the offense is “punishable by a mandatory minimum sanction of medium level“, or six matches, but the committee of the body managing world rugby has “taken into account mitigating circumstances, including immediate admission of fault and the correctness of the red card, an exemplary disciplinary record, an apology to the player and good moral character“. The sanction was thus reduced to two suspension matches, accompanied by the obligation for the Montpellier player to participate in an awareness program. Ben Lam will therefore miss Samoa’s last match against England, Saturday in Lille (5:45 p.m.).
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