2023-05-03 16:38:34
Toulon flanker Charles Ollivon. Norbert Scanella
Severely expelled on Sunday during the semi-final against Treviso, the third line of the RCT and the Blues saw his red card canceled by the independent disciplinary committee.
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.
On Sunday, during the Challenge Cup semi-final against the Benetton Treviso team, the third row of the RCT and the XV of France had been expelled by the referee of the meeting, the Englishman Karl Dickson, from the 7e minute of the match at the Stade Mayol. For a tackle considered dangerous on the Italian rear, Matteo Minozzi.
«The Commission accepted Ollivon’s claim that the danger level of his tackle was not high and decided to dismiss the red card»
The Disciplinary Committee, made up of its chairperson Jennifer Donovan (Ireland), Martyn Wood (England) and Tony Wheat (Ireland)reviewed the evidence given by Ollivon, who did not accept the red card decision». «The Commission accepted Ollivon’s claim that the danger level of his tackle was not high and decided to dismiss the red card“, specifies the press release.
Charles Ollivon can therefore play again without delay and is available for the clash between the RCT and Stade Rochelais, Saturday evening at the Vélodrome de Marseille as part of the 24th day of Top 14. However, the EPCR has the possibility of appealing this decision.
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