2023-06-26 10:49:58
The violent tackle had seriously injured him. Six months after Mathias Dantin, 17, became a quadriplegic during a UNSS (National Union of School Sport) rugby match in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées) in December 2022, his parents have just filed a complaint against X for unintentional injuries. According France Bluethe Dantin family wants to denounce the author of the tackle who dropped Mathias on his neck, as well as the UNSS for the conditions of the rugby match.
According to Jérôme Dantin, Mathias’ father, who spoke to the local radio, “this attack could have been avoided”. “Because there was a breach of the rules of this tournament, a lack of support, of respect for the rules of the game, of respect for the opponent, he lists. It is a tournament that we are presented with as official, but I was there that day, and I did not see anything official in this tournament”.
“For seven seconds, the guy goes after the little one”
According to the father, major players met minors on the field that day. The author of the tackle would also be a young man of 18 years.
The family lawyer retraces for France Bleu the scene during which “for seven seconds, the guy is hounding the little one, while the little one does not have the ball”. “He takes him in his arms, which is absolutely forbidden since it’s a cathedral tackle, then all of a sudden he drops him like a bundle of coal, and the kid falls on his neck, describes Me Jérôme Marfaing- Didier. Seven seconds. And there is no one whistling. So there are terrible problems at this level, a failure of the framework, of monitoring the regulations, which caused the damage”.
According to Mathias’ family, in addition to a donation of 20,000 euros to the family, shortly after the events, the UNSS did not stay in touch with the Dantins, who say they are struggling to meet the teenager’s medical expenses. .
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