Suspended after his racist comments, Jaminet returned to the Toulon academy

2024-09-19 13:08:37

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The Var club has announced this Thursday that the international full refund, isolated after the issue of these racist statements, is following the corresponding preparation to the RCT Campus.

The back XV of France, Melvyn Jaminet, was suspended at the end of July 34 weeks – or almost eight months – by the French Federation (FFR) after the racist comments he made in a video published on social networks, in the beginning of the Blues’ nightmarish tour of South America. However, eight weeks of waiting can “replaced by activities of general interest for the benefit of the FFR”reducing the sanction to 26 weeks, or approximately six months, indicates FFR.

When the news came out, Melvyn Jaminet had not been fired by RCT but resigned “as a measure of discipline”. So your contract is suspended and you don’t get your salary. Club Var has also specified the player’s contract that RCT had “we’ve made a lot of improvements”, with probably a lower salary.

This Thursday, Rugby Club Toulonnais announced that its player returned to the club’s training center on Tuesday. “As part of Melvyn Jaminet’s rehabilitation plan, he returned to the RCT Campus on Tuesday September 17, The RCT report was published. Melvyn began the physical preparation in particular, carried out from the professional team. At the same time as this physical recovery, Melvyn Jaminet met all the players in the team and the management staff. Thus, he was able to express himself and exchange with them as part of this progressive recovery.”

To see his delay reduced, Jaminet must, according to the judgment made by the FFR, do “Preventive actions related to the risks linked to alcohol and social networks”, as well as “Actions to promote the values ​​of sports related to the fight against discrimination”. What RCT confirmed in its press release: “In the coming weeks, Melvyn Jaminet will be required to carry out several social actions which are part of the rehabilitation plan that the Rugby Club Toulonnais and the French Rugby Federation have proposed to him and in which he has fully participated. Rugby Club Toulonnais is aware of the evolution of the situation and is doing everything possible to support Melvyn in this important phase of his journey. “

We are here to support him, we have a plan, a vision with things he wants to do before he comes back to train here

Pierre Mignoni

At the beginning of September, Pierre Mignoni, manager of Toulon, realized that his team “be there to support him, we have a plan, a vision with the things he wants to do before he comes back to train here. That is the most important thing. ” And to continue: “For me, he will be an additional player that we will see later, we must take him like that and not wait for his return. We have an excellent score, a little unusual, we will get this energy back later. Jaminet, after a short period of failure at Stade Toulousain, returned to the front line at Toulon, finishing as the best leader (225 points) last season. Meanwhile, RCT “I thank all our supporters for their understanding and support”.

In another case that has shaken French rugby this summer, France’s second international Hugo Auradou, who is also on trial for rape in Argentina, took part on Wednesday in his first joint training open to the public with the Paloise section , nine days after the first return to the training center of the Béarnais team.