Sunday, August 15, 2010
Bourgoin's Alex Tulou smashes Stade Francais' Dimitri Szarzewski
This clip is a pretty short one, but it needs to be seen as the impact of the hit on French hooker Dimitri Szarzewski is absolutely massive. Tulou was playing in his first Top 14 game for his new club, having only be signed this year.
He's played for Wellington, Taranaki, and the Hurricanes in New Zealand and has been an impressive junior grade player. He's still only 23 and weighs well over 110kg's, while he can get around the park at quite some speed and impact, as you'll see here in Bourgoin's game against Stade Francais.
Bourgoin lost the game heavily though, going down 43-12 to a far more powerful side. Former Leinster coach Michael Cheika got his reign underway in style with the convincing win. Hooker Szarzewski, despite taking this massive knock, scored a try, as did the newly mohawked centre Mathieu Bastareaud.
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Posted at 10:08 pm | 20 comments
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Citing Commissioner August 15, 2010 9:24 pm

Cleckheaton kiwi August 15, 2010 10:18 pm

granite August 15, 2010 11:34 pm

Oli August 15, 2010 11:35 pm

Hendrick August 15, 2010 11:37 pm

Disco August 16, 2010 12:23 am

Nicko August 16, 2010 1:13 am

Szarzewski is an animal... Not many people get straight up after getting bulldozed like that!
Anonymous August 16, 2010 8:07 am

nesian August 16, 2010 8:27 am

LOL its called adrenaline mate, loads of players get back up instantly purely out of shock of being sat on their arse. Its the minutes that follow where the pain settles in hahaha
Flooz August 16, 2010 8:30 am

never try to high-tackle islanders, they have the shoulder technic to brush u away. as usual swarzweski get back immediatly, love this player
stop with the comission or the ref thing lol.
that said, i bet what u want that the 1st huge IRB ban of the season will be for a french or a top14 player in order to make forget tri-nations botha, burger or woodcock agressions:)
jente August 16, 2010 10:01 am

mat August 16, 2010 11:58 am

but you cant lead with the elbow, straight arm hand off only, no swinging arms of elbows. it happens all the time and dimitri has given his share to others too.
Tom August 16, 2010 12:42 pm

he didn't lead with his elbow, clearly used his shoulder and he used his upper arm/elbow to push him away, nothing wrong with that so long as you don't hit the player when doing it.
in SH atm that would have earned Tulou a yellow card for being a danger to people around him.
coast685 August 16, 2010 5:20 pm

curious george August 16, 2010 8:30 pm















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