Silvère Tian banned for MORE THAN A YEAR after Referee abuse

After seeing red for his verbal tirade (and subsequent post-match actions) against referee Romain Poite earlier this month, Oyonnax's Silvère Tian probably thought things couldn't get any worse. But they have. The Ivory Coast-born full back has been banned for 14 months after a disciplinary hearing [French] found him in contravention of Article 65 (no person, player or otherwise, on or off the field of play should bring the game into disrepute) of the Ligue National de Rugby (LNR) regulations. His ban will run until the end of June 2017, which coincides with the expiration of his current co…

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