Hurricanes winger Julian Savea says it’s time to move on from his brother Ardie’s suspension following his throat-slitting gesture against the Rebels.
Ardie Savea was last night suspended for this week’s Super Rugby encounter against the Blues. The Hurricanes captain’s suspension is only indirectly for the throat-slitting gesture he made at a Rebels player in his side’s Super Round win in Melbourne.
A SANZAAR judicial committee deemed the act came close to, but didn’t meet a red card threshold and was issued with a warning.
Because the warning came in addition to a yellow card for the same game, the same committee met again to suspend him for a week for persistent offending rather than the controversial gesture.
“Ardie is the most dedicated and passionate guys I know in rugby. He admitted his wrong doing straight away after the game, apologised and is dealing with the consequences.. now MOVE ON people,” his brother posted on Twitter.
