Harinordoquy Dad’s one-man army takes pitch by storm

IRISH rugby referee Peter Fitzgibbon found himself officiating a bizarre encounter on Tuesday night when the father of Biarritz and French star Imanol Harinordoquy raced onto the pitch and attempted to punch players in a stormy Basque derby.

Lucien Harinordoquy, 61, stormed onto the pitch early in the Top 14 league game when his son clashed with a pair of Bayonne players and attempted to punch one of them, Jean-Jo Marmouyet, in the face.

Before he was able to make contact with Marmouyet, Harinordoquy senior was tackled by Bayonne fly-half Benjamin Boyet.