It's the second time in a month and it's bound to rekindle the debate on Anglo-Saxon refereeing in the Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup.
After the Montpellier Zach Mercer a month ago, it is the turn of the Toulonnais Charles Ollivon to see his red card canceled by the independent disciplinary committee of the EPCR, organizer of these two competitions.
Sunday, during the Challenge Cup semi-final against the Benetton Treviso team, the third line of the RCT and the XV of France had been expelled by the referee of the meeting, the Englishman Karl Dickson, from the 7th minute of the match at the Stade Mayol.
For a tackle considered dangerous on the Italian rear, Matteo Minozzi.
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The Commission accepted Ollivon's assertion that the danger level of his tackle was not high and decided to dismiss the red card
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The Disciplinary Committee, composed of its president Jennifer Donovan (Ireland), Martyn Wood (England) and Tony Wheat (Ireland) “
examined the evidence provided by Ollivon, who did not accept the red card decision
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The Board accepted Ollivon's assertion that the danger level of his tackle was not high and decided to dismiss the red card
," the statement read.
Charles Ollivon can therefore play again without delay.
But the EPCR has the right to appeal this decision.
