Overview
- The Bulls have filed an appeal against Jan-Hendrik Wessels’ suspension and are awaiting a hearing date, leaving the hooker unavailable for selection in the interim.
- The URC disciplinary panel found a breach of Law 9.27, setting a 12‑week entry point reduced to nine matches for a previously clean record and conduct at the hearing.
- Referee Mike Adamson and TMO Hollie Davidson did not sanction the incident during the match because broadcast angles were inconclusive, while Josh Murphy’s red card for retaliation was later rescinded.
- The written judgment, reported by Planet Rugby and SA Rugby magazine, notes no irrefutable visual confirmation and cites three stills plus the citing commissioner’s assessment and Murphy’s testimony as meeting the red‑card threshold.
- If the sanction stands, Wessels will miss the Springboks’ November tour and early Bulls fixtures, though The Citizen reports unnamed sources hope for an early‑week appeal hearing that could change the outcome, which remains unconfirmed.