Jamie Cudmore: 40-day suspension
Clermont and Canada second row Jamie Cudmore has been slapped with a 40-day suspension at his latest appearance before a disciplinary committee.
Cudmore was found guilty of striking Perpignan's Grégory Le Corvec during their recent Top 14 match and will now be ruled out until February 8, meaning he will have missed five matches (he has been temporarily suspended since the incident).
A serial offender, the Canadian can consider himself relatively lucky his past disciplinary record didn't persuade the officials to give him a heavier ban.
In fact, the match against Perpignan was Cudmore's first appearance after serving a 70-day ban for stamping on Saracens' Jacque Burger in the Heineken Cup.
The 32-year-old - who has accumulated 21 yellow and three red cards since arriving in France in the 2003-2004 season - has played just nine Top 14 games this season and has missed five out of six Heineken Cup games due to suspension.
He will now miss Clermont's home game with Racing next month, a vital fixture in the race for the Top 14 play-offs.
Comments
excitationz says...
They don't have blockheads in Ice Hockey like him anymore.
The days of the goon/policemen are coming to a close... there will always be fighting in the game as a release of pressure, but the goon on every team is dead.
Posted 11:02 23rd April 2011
Bones7 says...
he's clearly just one of those guys who doesn't appreciate the difference between physicality and fighting
Posted 23:30 21st January 2011
5Lock4ward says...
This guy's constant troubles make me even more upset that Jason White, a real class act and apt locking cover, gets into the match day 22 so little for Clermont.
Posted 12:30 21st January 2011
munster1981 says...
what an absolute waste of talent. Why have Clermont persisted with this guy? He plays the victim everytime, looking at the referee as if butter wouldn't melt and then a look of disbelief when the card is produced!
There is no place in rugby for a thug like this!
Posted 20:36 20th January 2011
kije says...
Go'on Jamie go and play ice hockey.
Posted 15:00 20th January 2011