Hunter Paisami banned four weeks for dangerous tackle against Springboks
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 1, 2026, 1:10 AM
Last updated Oct 1, 2026
Australia center Hunter Paisami has been suspended for four weeks due to a dangerous tackle during the team's 42-38 victory over South Africa last Sunday. His yellow card in the 76th minute followed a review by the television match official. This dismissal contributed to Australia finishing with only 11 players against South Africa's 15 after three other players had received yellow cards shortly before. The suspension will prevent Paisami from participating in the upcoming two-test Bledisloe Cup series against New Zealand this month.
- •Hunter Paisami received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle.
- •Australia won the match against South Africa 42-38.
- •The match saw four Wallabies sent off during a chaotic finish.
- •Paisami will miss two upcoming matches against New Zealand.
- •Australia is currently on a six-match unbeaten run.
- 1:10 AMYahoo Sports — Australia center Hunter Paisami banned 4 weeks for dangerous tackle in chaotic win over Springboks
"One of the four Wallabies sent off during the chaotic finish to Australia's 42-38 win over Rugby World Cup champion South Africa last Sunday has received a four-week suspension for dangerous play. Center Hunter Paisami, who was yellow carded after a television match official review of a tackle in the 76th minute, was found guilty by a disciplinary committee of dangerous play for a contrary tackle, SANZAAR, which organizes rugby in the southern hemisphere, said in a statement Thursday. Paisami's dismissal left Australia with 11 players on the field against the 15 Springboks after his captain Harry Wilson, scrumhalf Ryan Lonergan and winger Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i had already received yellow cards in the previous six minutes.
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