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15th Dec 2016

WATCH: Argentinian rugby player gets three-year ban for outrageous tackle on female referee

What the hell was he thinking?

Mikey Stafford

She only gave him a yellow card at the time.

Fair play to the ref, if I ended up with whiplash following a cowardly clothesline from behind, I would give the offender more than 10 minutes in the sin bin.

Maria Beatrice Benvenuti, you are the bigger person – morally, if not physically.

Physically Bruno Doglioli was the bigger person and should therefore be aware of the damage he could have done.

Doglioli will rightly not set foot on a rugby field for at least three years.

The Argentine was playing for his side Vicenza in an Italian Serie A match against Valsugana last week when he carried out his attack on the defenceless official.

https://youtu.be/cLbBhe7tU8M

The Italian Rugby Federation have subsequently thrown the book at the Argentinian.

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