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Wed 11 Sep 2013 | 05:04
Dimitri Yachvili carded for swinging arm on Delon Armitage

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Biarritz scrumhalf Dimitri Yachvili was yellow carded for dangerous high tackle against Toulon in the Top 14 this past weekend. Delon Armitage, who we have seen dish out a few of his own in the last few years, was unlucky to be on the receiving end.

Armitage wasn't badly injured by it but he did stay down for a while, clearly shaken by the swinging forearm to the face. Yachvilli received his marching orders, even though he didn't look too pleased.

Both are highly competitive characters, so when Armitage broke and was only just caught by Zee Ngwenya, Yachvili made sure he was there to put in a hit. Unfortunately it was in the face.

Armitage hasn't been too popular with fans in France, particularly after the hand gesture incident with Brock James in the Heineken Cup final. You can actually hear a bit of a boo and some whistles when he set off with the ball at the start of this clip.

Some in the crowd also probably felt he was milking it, but after seeing the replays of Yachvili's tackle, it's no surprise that the former England fullback stayed down.

View the Related Posts for more videos featuring the two colourful charters over the years

Time: 2:06
Credit: parque-toulon.com

Posted By: Grant Constable

26 Comments

  • kadova
    10:37 PM 20/09/2013

    What Yachvili said to the refere was "i don't understand".
    And the French commentators were scratching their heads, wondering if what happened actually happened.
    One even suggested that Yachvili wanted to make an usual tackle but Delon Armitage went down at the same moment so the tackle went higher than planned.
    I don't think so. I just say this to show how unexpected it looked from such a player.

    Yachvili is a pure annoying scrumhalf, but he's never nasty.

  • ronan
    3:56 PM 15/09/2013

    KArmitage is a bitch!!!!!!

  • drg
    9:46 AM 14/09/2013

    It's simple, you tell them that if they go around stuff arming folks, one day someone will do it to them, "what goes around comes around" "what's good to give is good to take" perfectly sound lessons...

  • drg
    9:44 AM 14/09/2013

    No no no, completely wrong, Yachvilli deserved the card, perhaps even a ban, no one disputes that. It is merely just, out of the 15 opposition players running around, I'm glad Yachvilli chose Armitage..

  • facepalm
    5:13 PM 13/09/2013

    What did he do to O'Driscoll?

  • d0m3
    10:26 AM 13/09/2013

    Sorry, he is actually cited.

  • iamaj8
    11:02 PM 12/09/2013

    You don't condone the things Armitage does, regular or not, yet you wave aside the exact things you dislike from a rugby player just because he is on the receiving end. 'Hypocrite' springs to mind.

  • andrej
    8:09 PM 12/09/2013

    For every ten Arms Hermitage the Frog has given he might get only one it return. Its about time some one clobbers him. Ive seen atlest 3 done by him on players like O'driscol and getting away with it!

  • drg
    7:50 PM 12/09/2013

    Couldn't have happened to a nicer player really...

  • d0m3
    1:27 PM 12/09/2013

    Turns out that Yachvili has not been cited.

  • reality
    12:59 PM 12/09/2013

    Yeah, the fact that he was still walking off the pitch a minute after he was carded is quite damning. If I was the referee I would have just taken my red card out of my pocket and told him to get off the pitch or he'd get his yellow upgraded. Especially considering that there was simply no doubt that it was a yellow card - he hooked his head for God's sake!

  • 10:32 AM 12/09/2013

    I take plenty of pleasure from seeing him get a taste of his own medicine :)

  • colombes
    10:15 AM 12/09/2013

    comon man, i perfectly understand your rouge&noir affection but u can't compare yach and armitage. one is a cheaky scrumhalf (like many other 9 in the business), when the other often acts like in a twat ;)

    but both have one thing in common: talent

  • guy
    9:34 AM 12/09/2013

    So if that's what you teach your kids...point taken!

  • mattyj
    9:29 AM 12/09/2013

    The weirdest thing is that Yachvili doesn't think that is worth being sent off for when its a complete hook

  • mattyj
    9:22 AM 12/09/2013

    What an ignorant and immature thing to comment. Full Back points it out perfectly, and you obviously know nothing about Yachvili

  • ithilsul
    9:05 AM 12/09/2013

    Well deserved

    For once, I mean Yachvili's card. :)

  • 9:01 AM 12/09/2013

    Oh please, the game is full of non-whites who don't get criticised, the truth is Yachvili is nowhere near as dirty or unsportsmanlike as Armitage. Just look at the list of videos under the clip....and that's not the half of it!

  • 8:58 AM 12/09/2013

    What goes around comes around? Oldest lesson in the book

  • 4lc4tr4z
    8:07 AM 12/09/2013

    Yachvili is well known for much more cheats and dirty tricks than Delon, though he's not whistled or criticised everywhere as Armitage actually does.

    Of course, that can't be a color thing.

  • guy
    6:57 AM 12/09/2013

    A few resentfull people crawling out of the woodwork here. It makes me wonder what kind of values they (will) teach their kids.

  • stroudos
    6:35 AM 12/09/2013

    The tall one *is* a jerk, though I take no pleasure in seeing him clattered in the face by a cowardly bitchmove. Good player though.

    The short one is widely recognised as one of the best opensides in Europe.

  • cheyanqui
    1:49 AM 12/09/2013

    You're right.. A shame really.. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

  • iamaj8
    12:01 AM 12/09/2013

    Now why did I not see anti-delon comments coming...?

  • welshy
    10:40 PM 11/09/2013

    It's not what you want to see in a game of rugby but it is slightly satisfying to see Armitage get a taste of his own medicine. One of the dirtiest players playing the game in my opinion.

  • finedisregard
    10:35 PM 11/09/2013

    The thing about the Armitage brothers I don't get: the tall one is the back and the short one is the forward. They both play like jerks.

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