WATCH: Argentinian rugby player gets three-year ban for outrageous tackle on female referee

She only gave him a yellow card at the time.

Fair play to the ref, if I ended up with whiplash following a cowardly clothesline from behind, I would give the offender more than 10 minutes in the sin bin. Maria Beatrice Benvenuti, you are the bigger person - morally, if not physically. Physically Bruno Doglioli was the bigger person and should therefore be aware of the damage he could have done. Doglioli will rightly not set foot on a rugby field for at least three years. The Argentine was playing for his side Vicenza in an Italian Serie A match against Valsugana last week when he carried out his attack on the defenceless official. https://youtu.be/cLbBhe7tU8M The Italian Rugby Federation have subsequently thrown the book at the Argentinian.