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EPCR statement: Pau coach banned for verbally abusing Hollie Davidson
By Sam Smith
Pau assistant coach Geoffrey Lanne-Petit has been banned and his club given a suspended fine after misconduct charges for abusing assistant referee Hollie Davidson and failure to control staff members at the end of a match last month were upheld at a disciplinary hearing.
An EPCR statement read: “The Pau attack coach Geoffrey Lanne-Petit has been suspended for five weeks and Pau handed a suspended €25,000 fine following an independent disciplinary hearing arising from the club’s Challenge Cup round one match against the Cheetahs at Stade du Hameau.
“EPCR brought a misconduct complaint against Lanne-Petit, who was alleged to have committed an act of misconduct in contravention of EPCR’s disciplinary rules by verbally abusing assistant referee Hollie Davidson (Scotland), following the conclusion of the match.
“Also, EPCR brought a second misconduct complaint against Pau who were alleged to have failed to control staff members, and/or persons connected to the club, following the conclusion of the match.
“An independent disciplinary committee comprising Gareth Graham (England, chair), David Humphreys (Ireland) and Donal Courtney (Ireland) heard evidence and submissions from Lanne-Petit, who accepted the misconduct charge, from Pau president Bernard Pontneau, from Pau legal representative Benjamin Peyrelevade, from Pau CEO Pierre Lahore and from Pau legal manager Marie Anglade.
“The committee, who also heard evidence and submissions from Davidson and EPCR disciplinary officer Liam McTiernan, found that Lanne-Petit had committed an act of misconduct in that he verbally abused Davidson following the match and it was decided to suspend him for five weeks.
“Lanne-Petit is therefore suspended from any match day contact with the Pau playing squad, including access to the technical zone, pitchside, dressing rooms, any team areas and team communications systems until midnight on Sunday, February 26.
“In addition, the committee found Pau guilty of failing to control members of their coaching staff and persons connected to the club who disrespected the authority of the match officials following the conclusion of the match.
“Pau were fined €25,000 with the amount suspended until the end of the 2023/24 season which would only become payable if the club is found to have committed a further breach of EPCR’s disciplinary rules during that period.”
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We beat Wales. Oh wow.
Go to commentsAs has been the way all year, and for all England's play I can remember. I missed a lot of the better years under Eddie though.
Lets have a look at the LQB for the last few games... 41% under 3 sec compared to 56% last week, 47% in the game you felt England best in against NZ, and 56 against Ireland.
That was my impression as well. Dunno if that is a lack of good counterattack ball from the D, forward dominance (Post Contact Meters stats reversed yesterday compared to that fast Ireland game), or some Borthwick scheme, but I think that has been highlighted as Englands best point of difference this year with their attack, more particularly how they target using it in certain areas. So depending on how you look at it, not necessarily the individual players.
You seem to be falling into the same trap as NZs supporters when it comes to Damien McKenzie. That play you highlight Slade in wasn't one of those LQB situations from memory, that was all on the brilliance of Smith. Sure, Slade did his job in that situation, but Smith far exceeded his (though I understand it was a move Sleightholme was calling for). But yeah, it's not always going to be on a platter from your 10 and NZ have been missing that Slade line, in your example, more often than not too. When you go back to Furbank and Feyi-Waboso returns you'll have that threat again. Just need to generate that ball, wait for some of these next Gen forwards to come through etc, the props and injured 6 coming back to the bench. I don't think you can put Earl back to 7, unless he spends the next two years speeding up (which might be good for him because he's getting beat by speed like he's not used to not having his own speed to react anymore).
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