A former rugby hopeful tried at the assizes for having “smashed the head” of a love rival

He was promised a brilliant rugby career. This December 5, it was for attempted murder that Luca Mariani, former hope of Castres Olympique, now 23 years old, appeared before the Assize Court of Albi (Tarn). On the night of May 16 to 17, 2019, this young man of colossal dimensions is accused of having beaten a football coach, against the backdrop of a love rivalry.