{"id":215836,"date":"2025-12-04T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/215836\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:10:08","slug":"eben-etzebeths-suspension-is-lenient-for-such-a-repugnant-offence-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/215836\/","title":{"rendered":"Eben Etzebeth\u2019s suspension is lenient for such a repugnant offence &#8211; The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPOFc3VUpUcTVhZDZDemZpMFZjSlJicm1nRmZGY2dBWV9WbVVTbVRUWUFZaHNDTzJfbG1CQ2JKTGJGQUtDMHJjRmIxajdPUUNUMGwwa3MzdXZlWC02d2lMYy16bUJNbWZ5U1N2a0N1b21ZNDNBcjRQbkJCeGRRQnlvaEdNSjFsRFNjampwT3kxUjFsU1hGdFBPVG5saVZ3cG8wdUdTOGdCdjVWbHpzdS1acFFVR3J0THc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eben Etzebeth\u2019s suspension is lenient for such a repugnant offence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPN0VSUms4Q2doV2tGSm1qV3FFYnRucnhUNGRaNV9TbGhPR3YzMDVZWFk5RE90ZmFldzNCV1g5R3V5ZFZ5VkdZcXBUVmpGbTJBU3BUQThlOUo1QzFodklFZXBsdnpFV29GaVJKLThCaVV0NEhnajNTZFh3Ti1Wd0pwcXhlZVRUZHNsSE45b2dCa0ktQzF1SXBUTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I had to start defending myself &#8216; &#8211; Springboks lock Eben Etzebeth handed 12-match ban for eye gouging<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE5OeklpYVRHQjRpZWRPbUFISkJwTVNqY2plTXZsdWJHNWhiSHo4VDVNNTNXRlhlY1o5RjV6bk9pay1heHpRLUFFZ29JMkwtNWY1cHRqcXUyOE5FRUlROTY2WEZBbVZUa2EtV2VN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eben Etzebeth banned for 12 weeks over eye-gouge against Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBwR0pCTzVTbm1POVZLVWZyT0VYc3Yyd3N1TlVCVUJjYTdMWU9EZ0dCNXpDOGdNNlV4c3gtTlU5a2IyVUhlUmRCbEEtb1JlMGpFRVJCNDhnWHg2blJkMmJBZFFmU2ZlWnRmclNZeW5PbGlJMlk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donal Lenihan: Springboks supremacy aided by eight man bench &#8211; does World Rugby need to revisit rule?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxPVWM2c3MxRXhON0hIUjVyYk1fenNZMkxQVm5CbDlhR3ByNWhTaFpzcExnR3F6Q0dxaXN5X1E5bWFKVEZiVEMyNFpGNDZrd255U3ZSejFiYklZeTVlcGRYdkI3c1hxS1kzSFJyTjVfYkFWSHIyU1ViMGNmSERTQTBMSjVJd085OWg2R2hjbk5CLXExXzlLc00zTDBQbGpQdTM4UHFPY2MtQ0ZweTgwMVVRNWU4VGJwUk1kNUg0Rm5STmlnUUJhMGpWOXQ4Q0p0MG40ZXFONmNGdXBQdTdmRHZiSVp2TVlHTmdneWJwdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eben Etzebeth: South Africa lock handed 12-week ban for &#8216;intentional&#8217; eye gouge on Alex Mann vs Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eben Etzebeth\u2019s suspension is lenient for such a repugnant offence&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times &#8216;I had to start defending myself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,132,4389,34131],"class_list":{"0":"post-215836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-springboks","13":"tag-world-rugby"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115663826095818022","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}