South Africa's Schalk Burger and Bakkies Botha have been cited for foul play during the Springboks' series-clinching victory over the British and Irish Lions and will appear at a disciplinary hearing on Sunday.
Making his 50th appearance for the Boks, flank forward Burger was cited for allegedly gouging the eyes of Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald in the first minute of Saturday's match, which South Africa won 28-25 at Loftus Versfeld. Burger was shown a yellow card for the offense by French referee Christophe Berdos and sent to the sinbin for 10 minutes.
Second row Botha was cited for dangerously charging Lions prop Adam Jones in the fourth minute of the second half.
Both players will appear before Judicial Officer Alan Hudson of Canada in Pretoria on Sunday. If the cases are proved, both are expected to miss next Saturday's third test. Burger, who faces the more serious charge, is likely to receive a lengthy ban.
Ireland forward Alan Quinlan, who was named for the Lions tour, was ruled out after he was suspended for 12 weeks for a similar offense in the European Cup.
Springboks coach Peter de Villiers said he didn't think Burger deserved a yellow card.
"I don't think it was a card at all," De Villiers said. "There was a lot of needle and, if you dissect the whole game, you will see yellow cards that were missed."
