Top 14 – Pierre Mignoni (Toulon) requalified following a formal defect

For several weeks, Pierre Mignoni had watched the meetings of his protégés from the stands. The Var manager had been suspended since the match lost by Toulon in Clermont-Ferrand last October 6. He was judged “responsible for an action against a match official and more particularly for misconduct towards a match official” according to official comments from the LNR. Subsequently, the president of the Var club, Bernard Lemaître, announced his intention to appeal this decision.

This was done and the thrush club won its case, as it declared via a press release: “The Rugby Club Toulonnais announces that the Appeal Commission of the French Rugby Federation has rendered a decision in favor of Pierre Mignoni following a formal defect in the disciplinary procedure against him. This decision allows Pierre Mignoni to find the Mayol locker room from the next match, Saturday November 23, to take his place alongside the players and his staff, and continue the season with the passion and determination that we know from the Rugby Club Toulonnais and Pierre Mignoni. elsewhere to reaffirm their deep respect for the entire arbitral body and their commitment to collaborate in a spirit of transparency and mutual consideration.”

The club has remained vague on this procedural defect that it mentions. But, initially requalified on December 8, Pierre Mignoni will be able to be on the bench during his team’s next outing, on November 23, during the reception of Avrion Bayonnais.