Pierre Mignoni, manager of Toulon, and pillar Danny Priso fulminated against the refereeing after the narrow defeat in Clermont (19-18), Sunday at the end of the 5th day of Top 14.
Toulon lost narrowly to Clermont (19-18) on Sunday and this little missing point angered the visitors. Pierre Mignoni, manager of the RCT, exploded against the referee of the match, Adrien Marbot, after a last ruck whistled in favor of the Auvergnats when he saw it as a fault from the opposing third row, Fritz Lee. Facing the press, the former international scrum-half tried to contain himself without managing to hide his exasperation.
“We’re refereed… I don’t even know what to say.”
“I’m not going to say anything in anger, I’m staying calm,” he said. “We will remain worthy, I congratulate Clermont, that’s all. For the rest, the match was controlled and I think we should have won. That’s my opinion. You will watch the video like me. I I don’t want to talk.”
Toulon pillar Dany Priso (30), who tried to calm his coach at the final whistle, also deplored several decisions unfavorable to the Varois during the match. “It’s pretty clear, eh, it was a show tonight, it was a sketch,” said the French international (18 select) at the microphone of Canal+. “We are refereed… I don’t even know what to say. It’s heartbreaking. We dominate the whole match, we don’t get rewarded. We don’t get paid for all our efforts. We get screwed but it’s “It’s sport. We’re going to work and we’re going to come back stronger.”
Toulon lost to a final penalty from Benjamin Urdapilleta at the very end of the match (77th, 19-18). With this second defeat of the season (after that at La Rochelle, 19-15 on the first day), the RCT is third in the Top 14 with the same record as Castres, Toulouse, Clermont and Lyon.
