For paying tribute to Julien Cabannes against Rouen, Mont-de-Marsan received a fine of 10,000 euros from the LNR. A decision that angers the Landes club.
It is a sanction that is likely to make a lot of talk. Indeed, a few days before its semi-final in Grenoble (May 20, at 9:05 p.m.), Mont-de-Marsan was fined 10,000 euros on Wednesday evening from the Disciplinary and Regulations Committee. of the National Rugby League (NRL). The fault of the Landes club? To have paid tribute to Julien Cabannes (33 years old) who played the last match of his career at the André-et-Guy Boniface stadium against Rouen (47-17), during the 30th day of Pro D2. For the occasion, in the 61st minute of this meeting, the player’s two daughters entered the lawn and then accompanied the winger out of the field, he who then had a guard of honor and many applause. However, according to the press release from the LNR, Stade Montois was sanctioned because of this “failure to comply with entertainment regulations and/or kick-off times. »
🥲 Stade Guy and André Boniface’s tribute to Julien Cabannes when he came out in the 61st minute. The Landes winger played his last match with Stade Montois @SMR_Rugby after 15 seasons in the pros. #SMRRNR #FBsport pic.twitter.com/uAcQeyrwu9
— France Bleu Gascogne (@Bleu_Gascogne) May 5, 2023
“This decision is smearing our sport”
If the club based in the Landes thought it only had a simple warning following this, the fine is logically very difficult to pass, especially with Patrick Milhet. ” We take a fine of 10,000 euros because a player, after 27 years at the club, went out under a guard of honor and because his two kids went to get him. We are all angry. This decision has nothing to do in the world of rugby, it is dirtying our sport. It goes against all the decisions that we have instilled in our players since rugby school. I don’t understand. This decision goes against everything we are trying to convey. I wish there was common sense”, reacted the manager of Mont-de-Marsan this Thursday, in remarks collected by L’Equipe. That is what is said!
