The Top 14 referees are equipped with microphones and we can therefore hear the exchanges between the men on the whistle and the players on the field.
On the occasion of the match between Perpignan and Pau (14-29), international referee Romain Poite on Saturday sent a yellow card to Catalan pillar Arthur Joly for a tackle without a ball.
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"Come on, go and rest"
And, at the time of addressing this card, the exchange between the two men is tasty, particularly funny, the referee not hesitating to treat the player of "little rascal" and to say to him "Come on, go take a rest" ... Delicious.
The Section Paloise had given a lesson in maintenance in Perpignan, Saturday in Aimé-Giral, during the 5th day of Top 14. Too undisciplined (three yellow cards!) And physically abused, the Catalans had complicated their maintenance operation by bowing for the first time this season at home.
