Mon 10 Sep 2018 | 11:35
Mathieu Bastareaud's nasty forearm strike will get him banned for months

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France international and Toulon captain Mathieu Bastareaud has found himself in trouble once again, this time for slamming his forearm into the head of Castres' lock Christophe Samson during their Top 14 clash on Sunday.

Although Toulon edged out the 28-27 win, they could potentially be without the services of their star centre in the coming weeks.

It appeared the massive Bastareaud took exception to being tackled from an offside position in the ruck and took his frustrations out on the prone Samson.

It was an extremely dangerous move, one which was even labelled as "bordering on assault" by some commentators.

Bastareaud was shown a straight red card, while Samson was shown a yellow for his part in the incident. At the time, Castres held a 27-23 lead.

Due to the time of the offence, both teams played with 14 for the last 10 minutes. Castres couldn't hold under Toulon's pressure and lost the lead late when Filipo Nakosi touched down with under five minutes to play.

The jury is still out on any suspension Bastareaud could face, but with the occassional blip on his record over time, he's likely to sit out for a number of months.

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6 Comments

  • rugbydump
    9:01 AM 20/09/2018

    UPDATE: Bastareaud was suspended for 5 weeks

  • colombes
    9:01 AM 12/09/2018

    Dangerous, red card anyday, bastaban coming soonOn a side note, it would be smart to not relay the charming words of Andy Goode, who was much discredited during previous controversies with.. bastareaud.https://www.ruck.co.uk/andy-goode-fires-shots-mathieu-bastareaud-psed-off-french/https://www.ruck.co.uk/legend-andy-goode-responds-accusations-homophobia/

    • rugbydump
      11:38 AM 12/09/2018

      But in this case, nothing Goode said was incorrect? Maybe it was a bit over the top considering his dislike for Bastareaud, but in general, it's a fair comment that is difficult to disagree with.

  • drg
    3:10 PM 10/09/2018

    Grabbed Bastaraeud round the head/neck and tried to roll by the looks of things...

    Deserved a snack for that imo..

  • im1
    2:51 PM 10/09/2018

    How do you say 'complete and utter tool' in French?

    wtf did Samson do to get a yellow? It was advantage to Castres? It wasn't foul play from him.

  • jimmy23
    11:51 AM 10/09/2018

    C'etait tres stupide!