Just further weight to the argument that AR was correct if SW did in fact plead guilty to a dangerous tip tackle.
Not really. Sometimes it is easier to take a guilty verdict and get the lesser sentence then to dig your heels in on a situation that may not go your way, and thus getting a harsher sentence. You see SW will now be free to play again on 7 November, so will be available for the start of the Heineken Cup which I think is the 11th? If the IRB really wanted to make an example of this incident they could have banned him for 6 weeks which could have affected his role in the HC.