Grant Williams was handed a four-game suspension for his red card against the Vodacom Bulls. Have your say on whether the ban was harsh or fairly deserved.

Williams was sent off in the second half of the Sharks’ win against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria after referee AJ Jacobs judged that he had made dangerous head-on-head contact in a tackle on Chris Smith.

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The tackle resulted in the Bulls flyhalf having to be stretchered off the field.

Williams was cited on Wednesday in contravention of Law 9.13 – A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. Dangerous tackling includes, but is not limited to, tackling or attempting to tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders.

The Disciplinary Panel of Pamela Woodman (Chair, Scotland), Nigel Williams (Wales) and Shane O’Driscoll (Ireland) considered all of the evidence available and concluded that the referee’s decision to issue the red card was not wrong and so upheld the red card.

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This ban will include two Currie Cup matches and two games in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. He is free to play from midnight on Sunday, March 13, 2022.