La Rochelle center Teddy Thomas was summoned before the League's disciplinary committee on January 2 following a dangerous tackle committed on Clermont player Théo Giral on Saturday in the Top 14, the LNR announced in a press release on Tuesday. .
On an attack on the open side of Clermontois in the 61st minute of the match won by La Rochelle 20-15, the former international, who will wear the colors of Stade Toulouse next season, hit the Clermontois opener in the neck, a dangerous gesture earning him only a yellow card from the referee.
“For me it's a tackle by two (Thomas and Seuteni) who sends on a player who is high. So I think we have unfair play”, commented the referee Pierre Brousset when requesting arbitration video following this action.
“Contact with the head, the black 13 (Thomas) is standing,” listed the referee in his live audio exchanges with his video assistants. “On the other hand,” he continued, “mitigating circumstances, it's a two-man tackle and what's more, number 13 has the desire to attack the ball anyway at the start. I'm going to stay on a yellow card.”
But this gesture earned Teddy Thomas to be cited in his report by the supervisor of the meeting.
The match counting for the 12th day of the Top 14 was particularly difficult, with no less than six temporary exclusions, three for each team.
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