Overview
- Mzwandile Stick says the team does not feel they are being treated fairly after permanent red cards in consecutive Tests against France and Italy.
- Lood de Jager’s three-match suspension following his France red card is under appeal, with proceedings taking place this week.
- Franco Mostert’s dismissal in Turin will be contested at a disciplinary hearing expected in the coming days, according to Stick.
- Stick contends off-field communications influenced on-field calls in the Italy match and cites a wider pattern that includes recent bans for Makazole Mapimpi and Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
- The Springboks arrived in Dublin reporting they are losing players week by week as they prepare for Saturday’s Test at the Aviva Stadium.