{"id":13583,"date":"2025-10-23T09:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-makazole-mapimpi-handed-five-match-suspension-after-red-card-against-ulster\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:29","slug":"sas-makazole-mapimpi-handed-five-match-suspension-after-red-card-against-ulster","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-makazole-mapimpi-handed-five-match-suspension-after-red-card-against-ulster\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Makazole Mapimpi handed five-match suspension after red card against Ulster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Makazole Mapimpi has been handed a five-match suspension following a red card incident during the Sharks\u2019 United Rugby Championship (URC) match against Ulster in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>The decision rules him out of the Springboks\u2019 standby squad for their November tour, as well as the Sharks\u2019 upcoming URC clash against the Scarlets.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the 55th minute of the Sharks\u2019 34-26 loss to Ulster when Mapimpi was sent off for a dangerous tip tackle on fullback Mike Lowry. The URC disciplinary committee reviewed the matter and deemed the foul play serious enough to warrant a six-week ban. However, the suspension was reduced to five matches after Mapimpi accepted responsibility for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Mapimpi\u2019s absence will be a blow to both the Sharks and the national team, given his experience and attacking prowess on the wing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13584,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13583","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The decision rules him out of the Springboks\u2019 standby squad for their November tour, as well as the Sharks\u2019 upcoming URC clash against the Scarlets.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The decision rules him out of the Springboks\u2019 standby squad for their November tour, as well as the Sharks\u2019 upcoming URC clash against the Scarlets.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18641,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13583\/revisions\/18641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}