Rugby: Three French internationals attacked with machettes.

Millau : trois rugbymen de Clermont attaqués à la machette

par Evelyne Chatelais dimanche 20 juillet 2014 17:03
Deux des trois internationaux de rugby seraient toujours hospitalisés à Millau
Deux des trois internationaux de rugby seraient toujours hospitalisés à Millau © Maxppp

Trois internationaux du club de Clermont-Ferrand agressés à Millau sont toujours hospitalisés ce dimanche. Les joueurs rentraient à leur hôtel lorsqu’ils ont été pris à partie dans des circonstances encore imprécises. The Clermont-Ferrand players were attacked in Millau and are hospitalised. They were returning to their hotel when it happened but exact circumstances are unknown.

Plusieurs joueurs du club de l’ASM Clermont-Auvergne ont été agressés dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, à Millau dans l’Aveyron, où ils étaient de passage, sur la route d’un stage dans les Pyrénées-Orientales. D’après les premiers éléments de l’enquête, les rugbymen rentraient d’une soirée en boîte de nuit, vers trois heures du matin, quand ils ont été pris à partie par une dizaine de personnes armées pour certaines de “sabres et de machettes“. C’est le site internet du club auvergnat qui donne cette précision sur son site internet.

They were in the Aveyron, enroute in the Pyrenees-Orientales. Early enquiries suggest the rugbymen spent the night in a night club, at three o’clock in the morning they were set up by about ten people armed with “sabres and machettes” This information is on the Clermont website.

Une bagarre en centre-ville de Millau (A row in town)

Le talonneur de Clermont et de l’équipe de France Benjamin Kayser, le deuxième ligne Julien Pierre et le centre Aurélien Rougerie, le capitaine de l’ASM, ont été blessés. Deux des joueurs devraient sortir de l’hôpital dimanche soir mais Julien Pierre ne pourra pas rejoindre ses co-équipiers. pour lui, des coupures profondes à la hanche nécessiteraient une intervention chirurgicale. Les deux autres joueurs souffriraient de blessures aux bras.

The Clermont and French team hooker Benjamin Kayser, second row Julien Pierre and centre Aurélien Rougerie, the captain of ASM, were injured. Two should leave hospital this evening but Julien Pierre can not join his team-mates. For him, the deep cuts in his hip need surgery. The other two players suffered arm injuries.

Les circonstances de l’attaque sont encore assez floues. Il semble que l’agression en centre-ville ait suivi une sortie des joueurs en discothèque, où une première dispute verbale aurait pu avoir lieu. Aucune interpellation n’avait encore été menée dans l’après midi dimanche. Le club auvergnat qui évolue parmi l’élite du Top 14 (championnat de France de rugby) évoque “des faits d’une extrême violence“.

The circumstances of the attack are still very blurred. It appears that the agression in the centre of town followed the leaving of the discotech, where an initial argument took place. No questioning had taken place by Sunday afternoon. The club which is among the elite of the Top 14 admitted “it was an act of extreme violence.”

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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