Second row France striker Sebastien Vahaamahina was suspended for six weeks for his elbow, which earned him a red card in the quarter-finals of the World Cup against Wales (defeat 20-19), announced Thursday. his club Clermont.
Vahaamahina, returned Tuesday in France after the elimination of the Blues and heard Thursday by an independent commission of discipline which decided this sanction, will be able to replay with the ASM at best the weekend of December 21 against Toulon in Top 14.
"Vahaa" (46 caps) announced Monday his international retirement, the day of his 28 years, the day after his brutal action that plummeted the Blues in their quest for a place in the last four in Japan. France led 19-10 early in the second period when he strangled the Welsh Aaron Wainwright in a maul, before giving him a sharp elbow in his face. Excluded permanently, the Clermontois left his teammates, 14 against 15, crack in the last minutes.
A decision "matured in recent months"
Vahaamahina nevertheless assured that her decision to stop the selection had nothing to do with her gesture, and was matured "for a few months". Returning to the action at the origin of the exclusion, the second line explained having "lost control". "I regret this gesture, it is certainly spontaneous and uncontrolled but it remains nonetheless that I am responsible for it.Only and only responsible," regretted the second line.
Clermont will have to do without him for the first 4 days of the European Cup and the next two days of the Top 14.