FRANCE coach Fabien Galthie has reported Ireland duo Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter to the citing commissioner for the challenge that injured Antoine Dupont.
And he has done the same with Calvin Nash for his high challenge that saw him sent to the sin bin in the second half.
France beat Ireland 42-27 to put themselves in pole position to win the Six Nations title, and most of the damage was done without the best player in the world Dupont.
He suffered what looked a serious knee injury after 29 minutes when it appeared Porter fell on him by accident as he and Beirne arrived to clear-out after Dan Sheehan was tackled.
The referee took no further action, while he later sent Nash to the bin for an upright tackle on Pierre-Louis Barassi who never returned to action.
But while a bunker review decided against upgrading Nash’s yellow to a red card, while Porter and Beirne were not penalised at all, Galthie wants further action.
He said: “For Antoine, there is suspicion of a fairly serious knee injury. I won’t go into details due to medical confidentiality, but Antoine is suffering.
“We have summoned [three Ireland] players to appear before the (Six Nations disciplinary) committee, Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter.
“Calvin Nash has also been summoned before the committee for Pierre-Louis Barassi because he did not respond favorably to the protocol.
“Our players did not return to the pitch. We would like to understand why. On this issue, we are angry. We want to protect our players, there are means, rules.
“The citing commissioner must study the actions [and decide if they] are reprehensible or not. Neither Antoine nor Pierre-Louis returned to the pitch. One for a clean-out, the other for a [head] contact.”
