What if the hitherto encouraging season of Stade Français (third in the Top 14) had taken a negative turn in Pau on Saturday? We are obviously talking here about the heavy defeat (30-6) in Béarn, but especially about the post-match. Because several players and members of the Stade Français management were sanctioned by the Parisian club for leaving without authorization after this setback in Pau.
Stade Français has indeed published a press release to confirm the newspaper’s information The Teamin particular on the subject of “the altercation between one of his players and a member of the Pau staff”, during this outing on Saturday evening in Pau.
The instructions from sports management were “to stay in the hotel” in Pau
At the end of the defeat against the Section Paloise, the second in a row after that conceded at home against Racing 92 (9-13), “several players and two members of the staff took, in the evening, the decision to going out into town despite the instructions from sports management to stay in the hotel,” said the Parisian club. According to The Teama player from Stade Français allegedly hit a member of the Pau Section management in the face during this outing.
After these incidents, Stade Français carried out an internal investigation and took the decision to sanction the offenders, adds the club, without however specifying the nature of the sanctions. Enough to add spice in any case in view of the next Top 14 clash, Sunday against Stade Toulousain.