2023-09-22 08:09:20
The concern of supporters of the XV of France has transformed for some into digital violence. Namibia captain Johan Deysel, whose intervention in the second half of the World Cup match lost against the Blues (96-0) injured Antoine Dupont, was the victim of cyberharassment on his Instagram account on Thursday evening.
Several Internet users attacked the three-quarter center, guilty in their eyes of having deliberately injured the French captain at the start of the second half. One of them describes him as a “butcher”, while another user of the social network believes that Johan Deysel acted in this way to help South Africa, a neighboring country of Namibia and potential adversary of the Blues in quarterfinal. But other Internet users reframe them by calling to “be respectful even in the hardest moments”.
The French rugby federation gives it its support
“Please stay smart and respectful and stop spreading our messages of hate. That’s not what rugby is, wrote, faced with the scale of the online attacks, during the night from Thursday to Friday the French rugby federation (FFR) on the Instagram post where the former player from Colomiers (Pro D2). All our support, Johan. »
The latter first received a yellow card, synonymous with a temporary exclusion of ten minutes. Before receiving, while he was serving his sanction, a red after analysis of the video images.
The 31-year-old did not come to speak at a press conference after the match played at the Vélodrome in Marseille. “It wasn’t intentional, it happened so quickly. Dupont is not the tallest man in the world, his coach, Allister Coetzee, insisted. Johan is a clean player, a good defender. He’s never had a box before. It’s not unfair, but it’s a shame that it happened to him. »
“It’s head to head, a frontal collision, it’s rugby. He doesn’t bend down enough and hits Antoine in the head, believes French back Melvyn Jaminet. It’s a bad blow to the stock, there’s nothing we can do about it. »
Hit in the face in this head-to-head clash, the Stade Toulouse player was forced to leave the field in the 46th minute. Then, he had to leave the Vélodrome to undergo examinations at the hospital. According to our information, the staff is given 48 hours but fears an absence of four weeks after this injury to the orbital floor. Now it’s a matter of waiting for the hematoma to deflate to be fixed.
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