Outrage in the rugby world: the captain of the Matreros intentionally wounded his rival
This Saturday afternoon Matreros dealt with Pueyrredon playing for the tenth round of First division of the URBA, the second category of the Buenos Aires Rugby Union. It was a triumph for Tigre for 38 to 36, but attention was drawn to a particular action that has nothing to do with good rugby values.
It is known that it is a sport with physical friction, friction and many muscles. But the intention of harm a person on purpose It is a line that must not be crossed.
The match was played at the Matreros field, a club based in Castelar, west of Buenos Aires. The local arrived at the match with 23 points, occupying the sixth place. While the visit was third in the standings with 32 units.
When the 22 minutes of the second half were played, with the West leading by 36 to 24. Tomás Sánchez, who wears the red and white jersey number 20 in the video, receives the icing on the cake and takes on. A strong and burly player who was concerned with gaining meters.
But along the way the pillar crossed the center of Pueyrredón, Giovanni Marsano, who with a strong and iron sign took the tackle. They both fought and fell to the ground. So far, a normal action of the sport. Nothing special…
However, the Matreros player took it to another level. After clearing the game, the ball and the referee’s eyes went the other way. But he remained with the bust at the bottom of the rival. There, he grabbed her by the leg and began to leverage it by twisting it unnaturally. A clear action to damage his opponent’s health.
How do I end it all? With Giovanni Marsano leaving the playing field with a serious injury: one is feared torn ligament and may not be able to continue playing rugby. The player screamed in pain and this could be seen in the pictures. For this reason, the decision of the referee Nicolás Cotic and his assistant not to sanction the aggressor at that moment is strange.
After the fact, the Matreros player was surprised by his rivals who gathered around him to berate him for his actions. Marsano’s screams were evident. Something had happened. But the captain of Castelar’s team slipped among his teammates to go unnoticed before the eyes of the judges. Nobody had seen anything.
According to Rugby Champagne, judge Nicolás Cotic summoned the captains, Balbi, from Pueyrredón and the attacker Tomás Sánchez, from Los Matreros, and told them: “The situation is the following: they played all the first half with good discipline, the second half is rougher, but so far with good discipline “.
And he continued: “Neither the assistant nor I have anything that we can see here. If after the game there is something to investigate, we will see it. What I need is that they keep the behavior of the first half, this that’s all I can do. “
How did the game end? Pueyrredón ended up winning the match 38-36 and continues as one of the second division league cheerleaders. However, all eyes were on the unusual action of the captain of Matreros.
Referee Cotic saw the video of the attack after the game and decided to expel the player, attaching a report to the URBA Disciplinary Commission. Sánchez’s statement and a decision by the organization follow.
It will be necessary to see what kind of sanction is determined. Being a captain is definitely an aggravating circumstance. Meanwhile, the club can make a parallel decision to clean up its image. In any case, the player’s reprehensible attitude has already been criticized in the environment. It is foreseen by the governing body of this sport a exemplary sanction.
Source: Clarin
