Julien Bonnaire crunched by a late hit

With thanks to ‘Merjamone’ on the Rugbydump Forums, we’ve dug up a brutal shoulder-to-solar plexus encounter in the form of Bourgoin’s replacement lock, Karena Wihongi, and Clermont’s flanker, Julien Bonnaire.

Though there appeared to be no real damage on Bonnaire in this game from last weekend, other than a hefty winding, it’s fair to say that Bonnaire may opt to offer oncoming tacklers a shoulder next time, instead of an open rib cage.

This leads me to the legality of the challenge, which is nonexistent, however as Merjamone on the forums pointed out: He most likely wasn’t expecting a kick and did apologize straight afterwards.

Your thoughts?

Final Score:

36 – 7 to Clermont