Stade Toulousain: “The only decision to make is a red card”… A former referee returns to the controversy of the match against La Rochelle

This is undoubtedly the most commented image of the Top 14 weekend. This Saturday, January 4, in the 51st minute of the clash between La Rochelle and Toulouse (22-19), Luc Ramos chose to address “only” a yellow card to Silatolu Latu. The Maritime hooker had violently cleared Simon Daroque, hitting his shoulder and thigh.

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This Monday, January 6, two days after the meeting, former international referee Laurent Cardona first tried to decipher the decision of his counterpart Luc Ramos. “The referees have what we call a decision tree to make their decisions, so they enter into a decision-making scheme respecting criteria given to them by World Rugby,” he first explained to Franceinfo.

“It’s clearly an attack”

He then decided: “At that moment, Luc Ramos should not have entered into this decision-making tree system, or not systematically looked for mitigating circumstances to discredit the gesture, which clearly is an aggression. In this In this case, the only decision to take was a red card.”

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As a reminder, the young 19-year-old scrum half had to give up his place, his arm in a sling, bringing the debate on player protection back into the news. Luc Ramos’ decision had also sparked the indignant reaction of Antoine Dupont, like other rugby players, who believed that Silatolu Latu should have received a red card.