Springbok Jaque Fourie has been banned for four weeks for a dangerous tackle in Saturday's 30-13 defeat to Australia. The suspension, which ends on August 22, covers three matches, including South Africa's Tri-Nations' Test against New Zealand in Johannesburg on the previous day and two domestic Currie Cup games.Australia fly-half Quade Cooper was also cited for a dangerous tackle but was only handed a two-week ban because of "mitigating circumstances".Cooper's previous good disciplinary record was one factor taken into consideration, but the 22-year-old will now miss next Saturday's match against New Zealand in Melbourne and the 7 August Bledisloe Cup test in Christchurch following his spear tackle on opposite number Morne Steyn, for which he was sin-binned.South African winger Jean de Villiers was suspended for two weeks for a dangerous tackle during the Springboks' 31-17 defeat to New Zealand last week in Wellington, while lock Bakkies Botha was banned for nine weeks for headbutting scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan in their 32-12 loss to the All Blacks in Auckland on 10 July.The world champions are struggling to retain the Tri-Nations' title they won last year.
