After a video was posted on social media in which the Toulon full-back said he wanted to attack “the Arabs”, the French XV announced his sidelining on Sunday.
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The French XV announced this Sunday, July 7, the exclusion from the France group of Melvyn Jaminet, RC Toulon fullback, after a video of him making racist remarks was posted on his Instagram account. The French Rugby Federation denounces a sequence “of extreme seriousness” And “contrary to the fundamental values of our sport”.
The 25-year-old is “sidelined with immediate effect” and therefore leaves his French teammates, gathered in Argentina for their South American summer tour (28-13 victory in the first test match against the Pumas). The FFR announces the opening of an investigation and recalls “his unwavering commitment to diversity, inclusion and secularism”.
In a video posted by the player on his Instagram account on Saturday evening, we see Melvyn Jaminet filming himself saying to the camera: “My mother asks me if I partied. (breath) I swear to you that the first Arab I meet on the road, I’ll hit him with my helmet! I’ll hit him with my helmet! I’m telling you, I’ll hit him with my helmet! I’ll hit him with my helmet! “
Following the controversy, the French full-back said: “deeply sorry” And “ashamed” of his words, in a new publication on his Instagram account Sunday evening. “I want to make it clear that these comments in no way reflect my values or those of the French rugby team.”assures the one who wishes to apologize “near everyone” and say “to understand” the FFR sanction.
His club RC Toulon also published a press release this Sunday to “condemn the remarks made” from behind the French XV and “dissociate themselves from it”. “An internal investigation has been opened and the club will communicate more widely at the end of it.“, announces the Var club.
