Andrew Porter citing for high tackle dismissed
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A citing complaint against Ireland prop Andrew Porter for an act of foul play has been dismissed by an independent judicial committee on Tuesday.
The 26-year old was cited for a high tackle during his side's Test series-clinching win over New Zealand on Saturday.
Porter was yellow-carded by referee Wayne Barnes following a head-on-head collision with All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick in the second half of Ireland's historic 32-22 victory.
The independent committee heard the case, and considered all the available evidence, including multiple broadcast angles and submissions from the player and his legal representative, Aaron Lloyd.
Porter admitted that he committed an act of foul play but maintained that the red card threshold had not been met and that the yellow card issued at the time by the match officials was correct in the circumstances.
Having considered all the evidence, the independent committee applied World Rugby’s Head Contact Process and agreed with the match officials’ on-field decision that the player’s act of foul play for a breach of Law 9.13 did not meet the red card threshold due to the absorbing nature of the tackle.
On that basis, the independent committee deemed the act of foul play did not merit further sanction, and the citing complaint was dismissed.
