Cardiff Blues centre Rey Lee-Lo and London Irish hooker Motu Matu’u were cited on Wednesday for acts of foul play in Samoa’s bruising 34-9 World Cup opening win over Russia.
The pair will attend hearings before an independent judicial committee at a date to be agreed with the players and their representatives.
Romain Poite deemed the carrier to be "dipping" so it was downgraded from a red to yellow.#RUSvSAM pic.twitter.com/OauuKiNRX5
— rugby (@theblitzdefence) September 24, 2019
Two minutes later and Samoa put in another high hit, that is only deemed a yellow card because Poite says the carrier is "dipping".#RUSvSAM pic.twitter.com/ws4BSPkilF
— rugby (@theblitzdefence) September 24, 2019
Samoa winger Ed Fidow also received a citing commissioner warning for an act of foul play in the same match.
“This remains on his disciplinary record in the event that he accumulates any combination of three warnings or yellow cards during the tournament,” World Rugby said in a statement.