French international player from Castres Wilfrid Hounkpatin receives 12 months in prison for domestic violence. The former Narbonne and Rouen player received a 12-month suspended prison sentence (with a two-year probationary reprieve) At the beginning of January, he was placed in police custody and under judicial supervision with a ban on contact with his partner.

The player called up by the XV of France in 2021 for a tour of Australia then defended himself on social networks, responding to numerous negative comments.