{"id":175203,"date":"2025-12-04T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/175203\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:40:06","slug":"south-africa-second-row-eben-etzebeth-hit-with-12-game-ban-for-making-intentional-eye-contact-with-welsh-opponent-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/175203\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa second-row Eben Etzebeth hit with 12-game ban for making \u2018intentional eye contact\u2019 with Welsh opponent &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxPTEllZ1JtOC1KUi1SeVBOb0NVUVJ0ZFBlWC1UZnVTYV93SWFuV3djWGNuMFlnMU9sb3I1NnFxalBsc0V4R3BCVkkzamducnM5bVNpNkJZRGU4OXdNTlU1eVNoa0pscTR6N2xiLVB5S0lRN1M5dDAwZGEzMEdHSy1EZm9yd3NiUEw5NUgtYjBsSll3Y2lIeGlpb3poWFVvOF9CbDluR1UxN0FIUTVjLWtVSTVzV1RDUmxxbHFKZnNHMFJNbUR4Y1BfNm40dEFmQTdsZV9SWUxJQklidkJQX3doMnQ4ZU92RjVLbEZBcExRbjB5SEo1bzlDQ3plU2V6QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa second-row Eben Etzebeth hit with 12-game ban for making \u2018intentional eye contact\u2019 with Welsh opponent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPN0VSUms4Q2doV2tGSm1qV3FFYnRucnhUNGRaNV9TbGhPR3YzMDVZWFk5RE90ZmFldzNCV1g5R3V5ZFZ5VkdZcXBUVmpGbTJBU3BUQThlOUo1QzFodklFZXBsdnpFV29GaVJKLThCaVV0NEhnajNTZFh3Ti1Wd0pwcXhlZVRUZHNsSE45b2dCa0ktQzF1SXBUTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Springboks lock Eben Etzebeth handed 12-match ban for eye gouging<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE5OeklpYVRHQjRpZWRPbUFISkJwTVNqY2plTXZsdWJHNWhiSHo4VDVNNTNXRlhlY1o5RjV6bk9pay1heHpRLUFFZ29JMkwtNWY1cHRqcXUyOE5FRUlROTY2WEZBbVZUa2EtV2VN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eben Etzebeth banned for 12 weeks over eye-gouge against Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxPVWM2c3MxRXhON0hIUjVyYk1fenNZMkxQVm5CbDlhR3ByNWhTaFpzcExnR3F6Q0dxaXN5X1E5bWFKVEZiVEMyNFpGNDZrd255U3ZSejFiYklZeTVlcGRYdkI3c1hxS1kzSFJyTjVfYkFWSHIyU1ViMGNmSERTQTBMSjVJd085OWg2R2hjbk5CLXExXzlLc00zTDBQbGpQdTM4UHFPY2MtQ0ZweTgwMVVRNWU4VGJwUk1kNUg0Rm5STmlnUUJhMGpWOXQ4Q0p0MG40ZXFONmNGdXBQdTdmRHZiSVp2TVlHTmdneWJwdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eben Etzebeth: South Africa lock handed 12-week ban for &#8216;intentional&#8217; eye gouge on Alex Mann vs Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBwR0pCTzVTbm1POVZLVWZyT0VYc3Yyd3N1TlVCVUJjYTdMWU9EZ0dCNXpDOGdNNlV4c3gtTlU5a2IyVUhlUmRCbEEtb1JlMGpFRVJCNDhnWHg2blJkMmJBZFFmU2ZlWnRmclNZeW5PbGlJMlk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donal Lenihan: Springboks supremacy aided by eight man bench &#8211; does World Rugby need to revisit rule?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa second-row Eben Etzebeth hit with 12-game ban for making \u2018intentional eye contact\u2019 with Welsh opponent&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-175203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}