In a forlorn attempt to save the Parisian challenge from descending into a Champions’ Cup production of Les Miserables, their captain asked the referee a question about justice.
Ryan Chapuis listened with a mounting sense of foreboding as Luke Pearce explained why Stade Francais were about to be dealt a red card, then inquired of the English official: ‘’What about the one in the first half?’’
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