Well, here’s a lifetime ban if we ever saw one…

Shocking footage emerged online on Friday morning after a Junior cup match between French sides Saint-Esteve and Toulouse turned very, very ugly.

Having received a red card 25 minutes into the semifinal clash, a Saint-Esteve player completely lost his head landing an unprovoked, vicious blow on referee Benjamin Casty.

The strike was so brutal that the game was immediately abandoned and Casty was taken to hospital where he reportedly was treated for injuries to his jaw and cheekbone.

Speaking about the incident, President of the French Rugby League Federation, Marc Palanques, suggested that the player who carried out the attack will be banned for life as he stated that the National Disciplinary Commission’s should be ‘uncompromising’.

“I hope that the National Disciplinary Commission, which will meet on Wednesday, will be uncompromising,” said Palanques.

The incident has been taken so seriously that Saint-Esteve’s club President has announced that he will retire as a result of what happened.

“This player had already been suspended four games earlier in the season and I did not want him to play.”

Hat-Tip: New Zealand Herald

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