“Tell me, did you put a yellow and a red on the general fight?“The question is surprising, but just as legitimate. It comes from the delegate of the Fédérale 3 rugby match on Sunday at Paul-Lignon between Rodez and Bressols (44-18). The fault lies in the not really very colorful cards in the pockets of the referee, Mr. Hick.
“ Yes, I know, my red card went through the washing machine“, he did not hide at the end of the match, while the delegate, the representatives of the two clubs and ourselves were busy in the bowels of the stadium trying to put the right colors on the ten cards ( yes, plus it was a good time!) distributed during the 80 minutes of play. While showing the piece of faded plastic, with even peeling paint, serving as a red card despite, as a result, a dominance in places of white !
An imbroglio obviously not quite resolved since, from the mouth of the man in black on Sunday after the match, Rodez received four yellows and one red when Bressols was sanctioned with three yellows and two reds; the Federation's website yesterday did not show this observation…
Enough to also make the spectators lose their minds. “Did he get a yellow or a red?
– Uh, I saw him white!“, we heard in the stands. And also make the players of both camps count and recount repeatedly during a good part of a second half, so we assure you with certainty, well finished at 12 against 11!
