In the current context, it was rather ill-timed. This Thursday, Philippe Boher, assistant coach of the Bleuets who will play the U20 World Cup final this Friday against England, and the third row Mathis Castro-Ferreira appeared before the press. The opportunity for the defense coach to slip in a little inappropriate joke while Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou are indicted for “aggravated rape.”
Asked why he considered his position to be the most beautiful in rugby, Mathis Castro-Ferreira first went into detail about some technical and tactical details. Before his coach intervened: “And then in the evening, the third rows are always the ones who have the most success. You can go for it, it’s guaranteed.” Oscar Jegou being a third row, this response in bad taste immediately brings him to mind. A journalist did not hesitate to answer him.
“The reference to the parties is good,” he then said, which made Philippe Boher, himself a former third row, laugh a lot. While the two players are now out of prison and have been placed under house arrest pending the end of the investigation, this “joke” is a stain. Especially since last year, they were still in the U20 group that won the world title.
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