The rugby match ended much earlier than expected on Sunday in Chalampé (Haut-Rhin).
The reason ?
A post was missing in one of the two in-goals.
The metal rod completely collapsed in the middle of a match.
“We were playing the sixth minute and I saw the referee stop the game. At first I did not understand why, recalls Guy Meyer, the president of the host club.
Then I was told to look across the field.
“Where the post had just fallen, “fortunately the opposite of the action”.
"We did a little 7x7 on half-court to finish"
“It is as if it had been cut at grass level.
In forty-five years, I had never seen this.
It was pretty crazy, ”continues the manager, who then quickly warned the communal worker.
The Regional 3 meeting against the Illkirch-Graffenstaden reserve was obviously stopped, "but we did a little 7x7 on half-court to finish".
Of course, one question remains: why did the pole suddenly fall?
The strong gusts of wind observed in the region are of course a track.
But not only.
“The coatings around were big, that must not have helped”, underlines Guy Meyer, giving another lead: “Maybe while mowing the lawn, they hit it and that weakened it.
I do not know.
But now, we will also remember to check the posts before the games.
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