{"id":523258,"date":"2026-03-06T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523258\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:03:09","slug":"urc-review-finds-levi-douglas-red-card-not-even-a-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/523258\/","title":{"rendered":"URC review finds Levi Douglas red card not even a penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>united-rugby-championship<\/p>\n<p>    Levi Douglas of the Dragons RFC prepares tot take the ball in the line out during the game between Ospreys v Dragons RFC in the United Rugby Championship at Brewery Field on January 31, 2026 in Bridgend, Wales. (Photo by Huw Fairclough\/Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/urc-review-finds-levi-douglas-red-card-not-even-a-penalty\/    <\/p>\n<p>A URC review has found that a red card handed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/gwent-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragons RFC<\/a> lock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/levi-douglas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levi Douglas<\/a> was not even a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Eoghan Cross showed Douglas a red card in the thirty-third minute for an apparent croc roll during the Welsh side\u2019s recent 15-15 draw with Benetton, but the competition disciplinary process found that not only was it not a red card, but that it didn\u2019t \u2018amount to an offence\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A statement reads: \u201cThe Disciplinary process related to Levi Douglas Red Card in the BKT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/united-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Rugby Championship<\/a> Round 12 game against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/benetton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benetton<\/a> on Saturday, February 28 has resulted in the card being rescinded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an act of foul play by Dragons RFC player No 4 (Levi Douglas), referee Eoghan Cross showed the Player a Red Card in the 33rd minute of the game under Law 9.20d \u2013 Dangerous play in ruck or maul. A Player may remove the stealer\/jackler from the tackle area by pushing\/driving them backwards (including by grabbing the knee\/leg), but must not roll, pull or twist the opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Panel overseeing the disciplinary process Jennifer Donovan (Chair), Mike Ross and Mark Curran (all Ireland) found that the actions of the Player did not amount to an offence contrary to Law 9.20d. The Red Card was thus rescinded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas is free to play with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/lions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lions<\/a> prop Conraad van Vuuren has been handed a four-match suspension following his red card in the BKT United <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/the-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby Championship<\/a> Round 12 defeat to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/stormers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stormers<\/a> on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Christopher Allison dismissed the replacement prop in the 68th minute under Law 9.13 for a dangerous tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial Officer Sheriff Kathrine Mackie ruled the offence met the red-card threshold with a mid-range entry point of six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The sanction was reduced by two weeks due to Van Vuuren\u2019s acceptance of foul play, apology and good conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Completing World Rugby\u2019s Coaching Intervention Programme could reduce the ban by a further week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Levi Douglas of the Dragons RFC prepares tot take the ball in the line out during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-523258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}