French rugby league player facing ban for life after horrific punch knocks out referee and puts him in hospital

Similar to that bloke who recently got battered by a fellow Spurs fan who thought he was a rival. Thuggery in sport whether by fans or sportspeople takes place because there's no deterrent. A good lawyer will ensure a suspended sentence or fine. It's too soft.

French Begbie!

You mentioned Rugby League, and in the main part of the website, not just a page you need to know the URL of to find. I assune that's because it's a negative story. Will there be the follow up when the offender receives a sine die ban from involvement within the sport?

The crowd counting was a bit cruel.

that punchy guy picked the wrong sport...)))

Getting done with Gbh ?,no thought not,seems you can assault each other on football ground and be ammune from law.

The game of soccer is sullied by these kinds of events, which we see all too often. Of course, in rugby, they'd have put him in the sin bin - sure, they go in hard, but at the end of the day rugby's a gentleman's sport, which sets it apart in that regard.

Maybe banned from rugby for life, but just got a boxing deal out of it...

Reminds me why I prefer motorsports!

French.... What do you expect?

a lot of stupid comment for a very serious incident

You can tell that he's a bit of a t w a t. His teammates didn't seem to fussed to protect one of their own.

He should take on the winner of AJ v Klitschko.

I wonder what card will be pulled.

I trained u17 and u19s RL players some years ago,it was not the players on the field that was the problem but the parents on the touchline who were likely to start a fight.

Got nothing to do with Brexit.

France is superb at rugby....but can never seem historically, to get past their own awful screw ups.

Male testosterone needs to stay away from strength enhancing drugs; and needs anger management classes to calm his violent all of a sudden outburst through frustration

One of the other players (or another ref) should have cut his manhood off.....

He easily knocks out the ref but when he punches ANOTHER player, nothing but his getting taken down happens. Rugby players-- tough.