the essentials Almost a year after refereeing Toulouse’s big victory over Lyon (45-0) at the start of January, Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy will be on the whistle for the meeting between Stade Toulousain and ASM Clermont this Saturday evening at Ernest -Walloon (9:05 p.m.).
An injury never comes at the right time, but for a referee it is much rarer. Yet this is what happened to Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy, the man appointed as central referee of the match between Stade Toulousain and Clermont this Saturday evening at Ernest-Wallon (9:05 p.m.).
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On Saturday March 5, 2022, he was then assigned to the match between Perpignan and Racing 92 when, as the playing time approached, he suffered an injury and was forced to leave the field. “Change. My calf is broken,” he said to his assistants at the microphone. Before calling Mathieu Acebes, USAP captain. “I hit my calf earlier. I’m going to believe that it’s your field… But we’re going to change” explained the referee.
More recently, Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy returned to this event, which quickly spread on the Web. “The video made the rounds on social networks, so I’ll let you imagine Monday morning, arriving at work, being teased by my friends” he laughed in the columns of the Raffut media.
