Jean Pierre Rives

Jean Pierre Rives was a great player and Captain and was part of some great French sides, also was a hard man and would put his head in where others would be afraid to put their boot, but He was no Angel and would put his own boot in from time to time, here He is getting caught at Cardiff Arms Park. Watch the body language of the touch judge! more comical watch Jean Pierre's expression!

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Sports

Tags:

• rugby
• france
• jeanpierrerives
• rugbyunion
• international
• cardiff
• wales

[sliverthief]

That's just bullshit he makes a fantastic tackle, nothing to say about it, and then just stands at the back of the tackle area, no stamping at all who the fuck is that ass ref ?

[WELLBRAN]

@sliverthief The Ref did not see it he was on the wrong side BUT the linesman DID see Rives stamping, and rives was not complaining and looked guilty. you have to see the funny side of it.

[mizofan]

Rives was magnificent- i was expecting some clips as a tribute to that. Great battles with Wales in the mid-late 70s when they dominated the 5 nations

[WELLBRAN]

@mizofan Yes he was a great player tough as they come! but I just put this here for a bit of fun and no more than that. In those days the players had a great respect for each other but that is now diminishing with professionalism...sadly. As the saying goes punch each other and after buy each other a drink in the clubhouse!

[Volanne]

Serious, does someone see something looking like stamping ?

That's just ridiculous.

On the other hand, watch carefully at 11' : Not sure that Rives' arm drills through the maul only to try to catch the ball ;-))) ...

[kjarks]

At that time, the british referees often punished french rugby players with extreme severity. We French had the habbit of seeing such unfair decisions probably inspired by a kind of francophobia. A lot of games have been lost in Twickenham and Cardiff for that reason. Happily, things have changed thanks to professionalism. Nowadays, british referees are the best of all and when a French team lose, the players just have to complain after themselves.

[nonotc]

je vous parle d'un temps que les moins de 40 ans ne peuvent pas connaitre,

"casque d'or" respectait les anglais, comme eux le craignait, (avec sympathie toujours) .

les matches de cette époques entre anglais et français, était toujours poignant et vivaces....

respect aux joueurs de rugby quelque soit la nation....

[Whatever3114]

Dumb Eglish referee. J P Rives did not stamp he tackled a welsh player then got back and stood at the side of the ruck, whistle went, the rest is invention. Since video referreing France has won more grand slams and been awarded more tries that in the past would have been overruled by the anglosaxon refs... No hard feelings but rugby is a little better today.

[ljinlj]

did he do something wrong?

[jak888111]

Jean-Pierre Rives est, et restera, un monument du rugby !

Merci Wellbran!