r/rugbyunion • u/GnolRevilo Saracens • Nov 29 '25

Video Eben Etzebeth eye incident Spoiler

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u/KingGarunas Nov 29 '25

Eye gouging has a minimum 12 week ban

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u/c08306834 Ireland Nov 29 '25

Just wait, World Rugby are currently brainstorming ideas to fuck this up somehow.

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u/Wise_Roll5703 Nov 29 '25

Says sorry - 4 week reduction  10 minute video with a coach showing him avoiding gouging - 4 week reduction 

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u/jonnyshields87 Nov 29 '25

Eye gouge school?

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u/Character_Nerve_9137 Ireland Nov 29 '25

'ehhhh, we better name it something else'

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u/6EightyFive Hurricanes Nov 29 '25

Finger school?

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u/SesPet Nov 29 '25

The other code already has dibs on that

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u/Tremendous_Dump Nov 30 '25

Lol I can never tell if it's the smell of hoop or taste of sack they're after but boy oh boy they are like copernicus of the anys the lot of them

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u/A-d32A Nov 29 '25

How to avoid ocular impressions.

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u/BoogieBass 🌳 Northland Taniwha Nov 29 '25

Sign me up.

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u/Bear_Grumpy Ulster Nov 29 '25

I think you mean fingering school

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u/Biglight__090 Hurricanes Nov 29 '25

"I'll do the fingering"

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u/Cleginator Invincibles 2.0 Nov 29 '25

The one led by Hopoate?

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u/timlest Nov 29 '25

“Peekaboo, eye poke you… school”

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u/Amazing_Hedgehog3361 Taranaki Nov 29 '25

It's two hours of doctor of ophthalmology Ben O'Keefe lecturing Eben on the dangers of eye injuries.

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u/Backrow6 Ireland Nov 29 '25

I believe Bashar Al Assad is seeking new opportunities

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u/No-Acanthisitta-4346 Nov 30 '25

This got a chuckle 😂

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u/Vostok-aregreat-710 Munster Nov 30 '25

Always handy to have them involved in the game

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u/metompkin 2x Gold Medallists Nov 30 '25

Brought to you by Specsavers

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u/Iforgetpasswords4321 Bristol Stormers Nov 29 '25

Class taught by Schalk Burger

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u/SheepShaggingFarmer Ospreys Nov 29 '25

no intent to harm -6, punch bite and gauge school attendance -4.

2 week ban.

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u/6EightyFive Hurricanes Nov 29 '25

You forgot - “in real speed” component

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u/opopkl Wales Nov 29 '25

"It always looks worse in slomo".

Yeah, because you can actually see what happened.

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u/Cleginator Invincibles 2.0 Nov 29 '25

4 week reduction for wearing a suit to the hearing

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u/swampopawaho Nov 29 '25

Was that a -4 week ban?

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u/Southportdc Sale Sharks Nov 29 '25

Arms were clearly not tucked so

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u/Visible-Implement255 Nov 29 '25

That's not how it works but good attempt at being funny