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21-05-2025
- Sport
- 1News
'Thuggery': US women's rugby player suspended for Black Ferns test
United States women's rugby star Alev Kelter has been handed a three-match ban for stamping on the head of an opponent in a test match against Australia. Kelter, a three-time US Olympic representative in rugby sevens, was sent off in the 79th minute of the Pacific Four Series match on Saturday after the referee reviewed footage showing Kelter stamping forcefully on the head of Australia centre Georgie Friedrichs. In comments captured by television microphones, referee Aimee Barrett-Theron said Kelter would be getting a red card "because this is thuggery, it is deliberate and it is very dangerous foul play". Kelter appeared in front of a three-person panel at a disciplinary committee hearing on Tuesday and accepted she committed an act of foul play, World Rugby said in a statement. The committee accepted, however, evidence provided by Kelter that she did not intend to contact the head of Friedrichs. "The committee found that the player was not deliberately targeting the head of the Australian player," World Rugby said, "but rather was reckless in her actions (as she accepted). "The contact to the head was glancing or grazing rather than direct and targeted." The committee applied a six-match ban that was reduced to three matches because of mitigating circumstances, such as her disciplinary record, early acknowledgment of foul play and clear remorse. Kelter will be suspended for the test against New Zealand in the Pacific Four Series on Saturday, as well as two matches for US club Bay Breakers. Kelter won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics last year. She previously played ice hockey and soccer for the University of Wisconsin.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
US star slapped with three-game ban for head stomp
United States centre Alev Kelter has been banned for three matches for her ugly head stomp on her Wallaroos opposite during Australia's Pacific Four win in Canberra. The former ice hockey and soccer player was sent off late in the Wallaroos' 27-19 win, which referee Aimee Barrett-Theron labelled "thuggery". A three-time Olympian, winning bronze for the American sevens team in Paris last year, Kelter took a hit-up and then stamped repeatedly with her boot on Georgina Friedrichs' head, who was clinging to her other leg. Kelter appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday in New Zealand, where the US will face the Black Ferns in the next round. Chaired by Michael Heron KC (New Zealand) and former international players Becky Essex (England) and Ofisa Tonu'u (New Zealand), Kelter accepted she had committed an act of foul play and the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. The committee, however, accepted Kelter's evidence she did not intend to contact the head and her act was reckless rather than deliberate. The three-game ban rules her out of the last round of the Pacific Four and two club games with her Bay Breakers team back in the USA.
The Advertiser
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
US star slapped with three-game ban for head stomp
United States centre Alev Kelter has been banned for three matches for her ugly head stomp on her Wallaroos opposite during Australia's Pacific Four win in Canberra. The former ice hockey and soccer player was sent off late in the Wallaroos' 27-19 win, which referee Aimee Barrett-Theron labelled "thuggery". A three-time Olympian, winning bronze for the American sevens team in Paris last year, Kelter took a hit-up and then stamped repeatedly with her boot on Georgina Friedrichs' head, who was clinging to her other leg. Kelter appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday in New Zealand, where the US will face the Black Ferns in the next round. Chaired by Michael Heron KC (New Zealand) and former international players Becky Essex (England) and Ofisa Tonu'u (New Zealand), Kelter accepted she had committed an act of foul play and the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. The committee, however, accepted Kelter's evidence she did not intend to contact the head and her act was reckless rather than deliberate. The three-game ban rules her out of the last round of the Pacific Four and two club games with her Bay Breakers team back in the USA. United States centre Alev Kelter has been banned for three matches for her ugly head stomp on her Wallaroos opposite during Australia's Pacific Four win in Canberra. The former ice hockey and soccer player was sent off late in the Wallaroos' 27-19 win, which referee Aimee Barrett-Theron labelled "thuggery". A three-time Olympian, winning bronze for the American sevens team in Paris last year, Kelter took a hit-up and then stamped repeatedly with her boot on Georgina Friedrichs' head, who was clinging to her other leg. Kelter appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday in New Zealand, where the US will face the Black Ferns in the next round. Chaired by Michael Heron KC (New Zealand) and former international players Becky Essex (England) and Ofisa Tonu'u (New Zealand), Kelter accepted she had committed an act of foul play and the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. The committee, however, accepted Kelter's evidence she did not intend to contact the head and her act was reckless rather than deliberate. The three-game ban rules her out of the last round of the Pacific Four and two club games with her Bay Breakers team back in the USA. United States centre Alev Kelter has been banned for three matches for her ugly head stomp on her Wallaroos opposite during Australia's Pacific Four win in Canberra. The former ice hockey and soccer player was sent off late in the Wallaroos' 27-19 win, which referee Aimee Barrett-Theron labelled "thuggery". A three-time Olympian, winning bronze for the American sevens team in Paris last year, Kelter took a hit-up and then stamped repeatedly with her boot on Georgina Friedrichs' head, who was clinging to her other leg. Kelter appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday in New Zealand, where the US will face the Black Ferns in the next round. Chaired by Michael Heron KC (New Zealand) and former international players Becky Essex (England) and Ofisa Tonu'u (New Zealand), Kelter accepted she had committed an act of foul play and the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. The committee, however, accepted Kelter's evidence she did not intend to contact the head and her act was reckless rather than deliberate. The three-game ban rules her out of the last round of the Pacific Four and two club games with her Bay Breakers team back in the USA.
The Star
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Rugby-US centre Kelter receives three-match ban for stamping on head
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Rugby Sevens - Women's Pool C - United States of America vs Brazil - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - July 28, 2024. Alev Kelter of United States scores a try REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo (Reuters) -United States women's centre Alev Kelter was handed a lenient three-match suspension on Tuesday after receiving a red card for stamping on the head of Australia's Georgina Friedrichs during Saturday's Pacific Four Series clash in Canberra. The Wallaroos claimed their first win 27-19 over the U.S. on home soil, with the match soured by Kelter's actions. Kelter was shown a straight red for repeatedly stomping on the head of Friedrichs, who was trying to complete a tackle. The 34-year-old accepted that she had committed an act of foul play and that the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. "The independent Disciplinary Committee determined that full mitigation was appropriate, resulting in a final sanction of three matches to be applied," World Rugby said in a statement. "On careful review of the footage, and considering the player's evidence and submission, the Committee found that the player was not deliberately targeting the head of the Australian player, but rather was reckless in her actions (as she accepted)." Kelter has the right to appeal the ban within 48 hours. However, it is on the low end of potential sanction, with mid-range reckless or dangerous play resulting in at least six-match bans up to a maximum of 52 matches. Australian media had expected a much longer ban for Paris Games bronze medallist Kelter, with some describing her actions as 'thuggery,' while others speculated she could miss part of the Women's Rugby World Cup later this year in England. Kelter will miss the U.S.'s next Pacific Four Series match against New Zealand and two Women's Elite Rugby matches for her club Bay Breakers on June 7 and 14. (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in BengaluruEditing by Christian Radnedge)
West Australian
20-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
US star slapped with three-game ban for head stomp
United States centre Alev Kelter has been banned for three matches for her ugly head stomp on her Wallaroos opposite during Australia's Pacific Four win in Canberra. The former ice hockey and soccer player was sent off late in the Wallaroos' 27-19 win, which referee Aimee Barrett-Theron labelled "thuggery". A three-time Olympian, winning bronze for the American sevens team in Paris last year, Kelter took a hit-up and then stamped repeatedly with her boot on Georgina Friedrichs' head, who was clinging to her other leg. Kelter appeared before an independent disciplinary committee on Tuesday in New Zealand, where the US will face the Black Ferns in the next round. Chaired by Michael Heron KC (New Zealand) and former international players Becky Essex (England) and Ofisa Tonu'u (New Zealand), Kelter accepted she had committed an act of foul play and the referee's decision to award a red card was correct. The committee, however, accepted Kelter's evidence she did not intend to contact the head and her act was reckless rather than deliberate. The three-game ban rules her out of the last round of the Pacific Four and two club games with her Bay Breakers team back in the USA.
