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FRENCH rugby coach Bernard Laporte threatened to blackball Australian Test referee Stu d*** during an extraordinary meeting on the eve of the international against the All Blacks last night, which France lost in a record 61-10 scoreline.
Laporte confronted d***, who refereed New Zealand's 42-11 win against France last weekend and was a touch judge last night, in the foyer of a Wellington hotel.
During the 15-minute exchange, Laporte said he could negatively influence d***'s career, including World Cup match appointments in France later this year.
"If you are appointed to any French games at the World Cup the French team will not turn up," Laporte said.
d*** has refereed France five times and the French have lost all five games. Using his laptop, Laporte confronted d*** with selected highlights from last week's match and said: "You do this tomorrow and you will be finished."
Laporte's actions appear to contravene the IRB's code of conduct, which forbids anyone from abusing, threatening or intimidating referees and touch judges.
Journalist Trevor McKewen, who witnessed at least 15 minutes of the "meeting", said d*** appeared taken aback at the intensity of Laporte's attack, the whistle-blower repeatedly harangued by the coach as they sat at a table in the foyer of the hotel where the referee was staying.
"You are not being fair and reasonable," d*** said as Laporte repeatedly tried to show him footage of alleged All Blacks infractions in the first Test. However, Laporte would not let up.
"We have had enough of you. All the time you do this to us," the French coach said.
Laporte repeatedly took d*** to task over certain decisions he made in the Test, contending the All Blacks were awarded two tries they shouldn't have been and that illegalities were allowed at the breakdown.
At one point an exasperated but calm d*** tried to reason with Laporte, saying: "What are you suggesting? Are you saying you expect me to penalise every player I see on that side?"
Paddy O'Brien, the New Zealander in charge of the International Rugby Board's referees, said last night he would expect a report from d*** if the Australian felt threatened or intimidated by Laporte's behaviour.
"I'm surprised to hear this and disappointed if it's true but I need to hear from Stuart himself," O'Brien said. "If the meeting was out of hand, I will hear from Stuart d***. If there was a breach or Stu felt intimidated, I expect to hear from him.
"We will not have coaches telling us who will referee games."
d*** has already been appointed to World Cup pool matches in France and O'Brien said appointments from the quarter-finals onwards would be "made on merit".
O'Brien said he would also expect a report from Laporte if he was unhappy with either of the referees for the Test matches in New Zealand.
d*** was not available for comment last night.
(source: Rugby Heaven - supplement rugby du Sydney Morning Herald)
Desole, c'est un peu long (a la Marcellie!
(), mais je trouve interessant qu'aucun journaux francais parlent de cet incident.
Quant aux All Blacks, difficile de ne pas les voir favoris evidemment...mais mois, j'ai un penchant pour les Springboks cette annee...On verra avec le Tri Nations.
J'edite le post pour donner le nom de l'arbitre...cette censure est ridicule! Donc l'arbitre est D.I.C.K.I.N.S.O.N
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