Overview
- An independent disciplinary committee dismissed and expunged Mostert’s red card from the Italy Test, clearing him to play this weekend.
- The panel determined the tackle’s first contact was shoulder on shoulder, with later head contact judged secondary and insufficiently dangerous under the Head Contact Process.
- The hearing was chaired by Stephen Hardy with former players Ofisa Tonu’u and Jamie Corsi, who reviewed all camera angles and submissions.
- South Africa beat Italy 32–14 after Mostert’s early sending off, and he is now available for selection for matches against Ireland in Dublin and Wales.
- The reversal follows other recent rescinded reds for Japan’s Harry Hockings and Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne, while Lood de Jager’s separate four‑match ban remains in force.