VIDEO. “I lost the whistle”: the 3 seconds of panic of the referee Cédric Marchat

This is one of the unusual little scenes of this 6^e day of Top 14. We have been playing for barely 6 minutes at Aguilera between Biarritz and Lyon, and the referee Cedric Marchat is suddenly seized with a little panic.

The reason ? Without realising it, his whistle fell as the game unfolded. Via the microphone placed on him, Cédric Marchat then addressed one of his accessors: “I lost the whistle! Go get me another one, I lost the whistle! “. While following the game with one eye, the referee had the presence of mind to retrace his steps and find – luckily – the lost object. All without stopping the game, and the players do not realize it. Let’s salute him!

Fortunately there were no mistakes during this time:

– I lost the whistle, Go get me a whistle, I lost the whistle!….
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– Its good !

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– David Reboursiere (@ DavidReboursie1) October 11, 2021

Fortunately for Cédric Marchat, no fault occurred during these few seconds without his whistle. An isolated sequence obviously by David Reboursière, the arbiter-statistician who treats Twitter with his videos and to whom nothing escapes.

The BOPB conceded its second defeat of the season at home against LOU (5-40), Pierre Mignoni’s men even pocketing the offensive bonus point.

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