Big blow for La Rochelle. This Thursday, January 2, and while the Maritimes will face Stade Toulousain on Saturday evening at Marcel Deflandres for the shock of the 14th day of Top 14, they learned that Teddy Thomas had received a one-month suspension. Guilty of a dangerous tackle, the La Rochelle center will not be able to play again before January 27. He was suspended for a period of six weeks initially by the NRL Disciplinary Commission, which then added a week for aggravating circumstances, before reducing the sanction by three weeks following mitigating circumstances with recognition of the facts, conduct before and during the hearing and expression of remorse.
Thomas suspended for one month
Teddy Thomas had been summoned for a dangerous gesture against Clermontois Théo Giral. He hit him in the neck while jumping before the impact, during La Rochelle's short victory (20-15) for the 12th day of Top 14, and received a yellow card. And the LNR Disciplinary Commission therefore decided to sanction the French international for four weeks. The latter will be requalified from January 27, 2025 but his team will greatly miss him during the next month. He will therefore miss the clash against Toulouse, his future club, on Saturday evening and the match against Leinster in the Champions Cup.
To summarize
Big blow for La Rochelle. This Thursday, January 2, and while the Maritimes will face Stade Toulousain on Saturday evening at Marcel Deflandres for the shock of the 14th day of Top 14, they learned that Teddy Thomas had received a one-month suspension. Guilty of a dangerous tackle, the La Rochelle center will not be able to play again before January 27.
