Makazole Mapimpi has received a heavy suspension that rules him out of the Springboks’ end-of-year tour.

The veteran Sharks winger was among 10 players named in a standby group by Bok coach Rassie Erasmus.

Mapimpi has been slapped with a five-match ban for a dangerous tackle on Ulster fullback Michael Lowry at Kings Park last Saturday that resulted in a red card.

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The judicial officer overseeing the disciplinary process ruled that the incident met the red card threshold, with a low-end entry point of six weeks.

However, the ban was reduced by one week after the player acknowledged and accepted that foul play had been committed.

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Mapimpi could not claim to have a clean disciplinary record, having received two red cards in 2023 and 2025.

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