Please read this match report before opening the Link. Quite a large file mind....
The match report "highlights" the following :
There were also two red cards, one for Agen captain Luc Lafforgue and
the other to Bourgoin captain Julien Bonnaire, for their roles in an
extraordinary 28-man brawl after the half-time whistle had gone, the
repercussions of which may be further-reaching than the usual token
suspensions.
Lafforgue was the chief culprit, and he should have every book in the
LNR judiciary's library thrown at him this week. A squabble broke out as
the half-time whistle went between several of the forwards, but it was
no more than some unruly pushing and shoving, and it was reasonably easy
defused. With the players heading slowly to the changing rooms glowering
at each other, Lafforgue inexplicably ran over to Bourgoin's Michael
Forest, said something to him, and then delivered two sledgehammer blows
to the side of Forest's face. Forest, who wasn't even looking in his
direction, crumpled to the floor, where he remained for a good ten
minutes.
Bonnaire, who was the only Bourgoin player not yet dressing room bound,
sprinted the ten metres and leapt some four feet into the air to
administer the retribution to Lafforgue - an odd decision given that
Lafforgue is nearly a foot shorter than him - whereupon all the players
who had been trudging towards the tunnel legged it back to the action
with a vigour that had been sadly lacking from the forty previous
minutes.
Any number of players could have their knuckles rapped for what
followed, but Bourgoin hooker Benoit Cabello may be sweating more than
most for a surprisingly agile Cantona-style kung-fu assault on Jerome
Miquel, and the latter was unfortunate enough to be the apple of the TV
camerman's eye during the chaos, where he threw at least six punches to
a variety of opposing players. Bourgoin's administrators will be
wondering how far the ripples of disapproval from the LNR will reach as
well: Agen's prop Cezar Popescu was punched by several spectators, which
was by far the most worrying aspect of the whole sorry affair.
http://persophp.free.fr/olladadebourgoincontreagen(xelis touch).wmv
The match report "highlights" the following :
There were also two red cards, one for Agen captain Luc Lafforgue and
the other to Bourgoin captain Julien Bonnaire, for their roles in an
extraordinary 28-man brawl after the half-time whistle had gone, the
repercussions of which may be further-reaching than the usual token
suspensions.
Lafforgue was the chief culprit, and he should have every book in the
LNR judiciary's library thrown at him this week. A squabble broke out as
the half-time whistle went between several of the forwards, but it was
no more than some unruly pushing and shoving, and it was reasonably easy
defused. With the players heading slowly to the changing rooms glowering
at each other, Lafforgue inexplicably ran over to Bourgoin's Michael
Forest, said something to him, and then delivered two sledgehammer blows
to the side of Forest's face. Forest, who wasn't even looking in his
direction, crumpled to the floor, where he remained for a good ten
minutes.
Bonnaire, who was the only Bourgoin player not yet dressing room bound,
sprinted the ten metres and leapt some four feet into the air to
administer the retribution to Lafforgue - an odd decision given that
Lafforgue is nearly a foot shorter than him - whereupon all the players
who had been trudging towards the tunnel legged it back to the action
with a vigour that had been sadly lacking from the forty previous
minutes.
Any number of players could have their knuckles rapped for what
followed, but Bourgoin hooker Benoit Cabello may be sweating more than
most for a surprisingly agile Cantona-style kung-fu assault on Jerome
Miquel, and the latter was unfortunate enough to be the apple of the TV
camerman's eye during the chaos, where he threw at least six punches to
a variety of opposing players. Bourgoin's administrators will be
wondering how far the ripples of disapproval from the LNR will reach as
well: Agen's prop Cezar Popescu was punched by several spectators, which
was by far the most worrying aspect of the whole sorry affair.
http://persophp.free.fr/olladadebourgoincontreagen(xelis touch).wmv
