Iain Cameron, Perth, Australia: Earlier this year, Sanzar (The South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby body that organises the Super14 and Tri Nations) announced that only one citing commissioner had been appointed in each of the three countries for the 2010 Super 14 rugby competition.

Presumably, this was an attempt to achieve uniformity in terms of setting and maintaining disciplinary standards in the battle to stamp out dirty and dangerous play.

The three wise men are Freek Burger in SA, Steve Hinds (NZ) and Scott Nolan (Australia). Sanzar said all three would be required to view all Super 14 matches, with the citing commissioner having the final decision over incidents in his home country, but only after consultation with the other two.

After last weekend's round 13, Bulls lock Bakkies Botha was cited and subsequently banned for four weeks, for "dangerously entering a ruck". Yet, in the same round of fixtures, at least two other incidents seem to have been given the tick of approval by those three wise men.

In Christchurch, Crusaders prop Ben Franks wasn't even cited for a tackle without arms that left Brumbies and Wallabies hooker Stephen Moore with a broken jaw. In Brisbane, Reds and Highlanders players were involved in a "barney" a few minutes before half time.

Reds lock Van Humphries was sin-binned for 10 minutes, but what about the other 10 or more protagonists who were carrying on as if they were at Madison Square Garden? Some were throwing fists like Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton but unlike those boxers who earn a living punching for pay, the Super 14 mob were rank amateurs as pugilists.

Nevertheless, the unedifying spectacle that tarnished TV screens around the world is apparently considered acceptable by those three wise men. Is the ignominious scene of about a dozen players, throwing punches in an all-out brawl the sort of image that pleases Sanzar?

Considering that big, bad Bakkies Botha copped a ban (and rightly so, I believe) but no action was taken in regard to the other two incidents, it is difficult to escape the impression that there is one standard for the "Saffas", but another for the Anzacs.

Perhaps Mr Burger could tell us whether he raised the Brisbane brawl and the dangerous tackle on Stephen Moore with his counterparts in Australia and New Zealand, and why nothing was done.

Presumably, all three citing commissioners are well paid. It's high time they explained decisions that frustrate rugby supporters around the world.