{"id":15021,"date":"2025-11-11T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/de-jager-to-face-disciplinary-hearing-after-red-card-against-france\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:23","slug":"de-jager-to-face-disciplinary-hearing-after-red-card-against-france","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/de-jager-to-face-disciplinary-hearing-after-red-card-against-france\/","title":{"rendered":"De Jager to face disciplinary hearing after red card against France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Springbok lock Lood de Jager will face a mandatory disciplinary hearing today following the red card he received during South Africa\u2019s 32-17 victory over France in Paris on Saturday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The decision to issue a permanent red card has drawn widespread criticism, with many rugby pundits, including former Springbok captain John Smit, questioning its fairness. De Jager could face a ban unless he manages to convince the disciplinary committee otherwise.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The uncertainty around his availability, along with several injury concerns, has prompted the Springbok management to postpone their team announcement <span dir=\"ltr\">from Monday to Thursday<\/span> to allow for greater clarity in selection.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A few changes are expected, including a likely recall for Handre Pollard, Ethan Hooker\u2019s move into midfield, and Canan Moodie\u2019s return to the wing. Marco van Staden is also expected to feature in a reshuffled loose trio as the Boks prepare to face Italy, who are riding high after their 26-19 victory over Australia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12966,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-15021","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The decision to issue a permanent red card has drawn widespread criticism.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The decision to issue a permanent red card has drawn widespread criticism.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15021","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\/15021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19435,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15021\/revisions\/19435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}