Forgive me Monsieur, for I have sinned. It’s been eight games since my last transgression

I’ve been a bold boy. Or so I’ve been told. I’ve had to explain myself, which is fine. You’re not always losing when you’re explaining, writes Ronan O'Gara.

That’s all I did with the South African referee the night of Racing’s recent derby at Stade Francais.

It landed me a date Wednesday in front of 12 suited and booted gentlemen at the headquarters of the LNR in Paris. The strange, stilted sights and sounds of a disciplinary hearing again.