“It was unexpected, in two actions, we went ahead,” he explains. I remember that a Labouheyre player received a red card. Montfort supporters began to complain. Some came to blows, I also heard sexist remarks against our female physiotherapist. » This 56-year-old rugby fan intervened to calm the situation. “I took a punch to the back of the head, I was knocked out! I have no memory of what happened for more than five minutes. » The police and firefighters had to enter the fray.
“A shame to come to this”
Sent to the emergency room, Jean-Pierre Boulon left Dax hospital after midnight, with a large hematoma on the back of his head and five days of sick leave. “I intend to file a complaint. » If he does not know exactly who hit him, he knows “that videos make it possible to identify the person. I was especially afraid of the after-effects,” he said the day after the scuffles, his neck and back still sore.
Victim of similar violence seven years ago in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, the man, who admits to being afraid for the return match (scheduled for March 2), finds it “a shame to come to this, especially for rugby of Regional 1. There is a drift in society which is found in the stands, people come to the match to let off steam. »
