The Rugby Paper

French coaches should face a ban

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AS AN England fan you wouldn’t think I’d be worried, but seeing Wales blatantly cheated out of a match by the French worries me.

French prop Uini Atonio said he had a back problem, a doctor who had just spoken to a member of the French coaching team then rushes on to say he wants to head injury assess Atonio, and it’s no coincidenc­e that Atonio was scrummagin­g poorly and Rabah Slimani negated that.

The French coaching team up to and including Guy Noves should be investigat­ed and banned, as should the doctor.

What a disgusting approach of ‘to win at all costs’.

It’s bad enough having to watch the likes of Yoann Huget pretend to have been hit by a machine gun earlier this season!

I’m afraid the Latin approach to diving in soccer will make inroads if this is not nipped in the bud. PAUL SHORT via email

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