Rugby players know that they can come off the field with bruises, sometimes knocked out, but rarely with a torn finger from a bite. Yet this is what happened on February 6 on the grounds of the
XV of Sava. That day, the Haute-Garonne club received the Adé Rugby Sports Union, from the Hautes-Pyrénées, during a catch-up match in the first Occitanie series.
From the kick-off, at the first regrouping on the ground, the opener of the XV de la Save tries to scratch the ball on the ground. It was there that he felt his finger being bitten, before realizing that his wound was deep, “a piece had been torn off, I could only see the bone”, he said. told on the site amateur rugby.
Complaint filed
He leaves the field, shows his injury to the referee, but also to the delegate of the French Rugby Federation. The match will not be interrupted, the player will be taken to the hospital where he will undergo a two-hour operation on his finger. He filed a complaint and seized the Haute-Garonne departmental rugby committee. An investigation has since been opened and entrusted to the gendarmerie.