Rugby: after the power cut in Agen, the League condemns the "malicious act" of the CGT, which assumes its action

The Agen-Nevers match, opening the 29th day of Pro D2, was interrupted Thursday evening following a voluntary power cut claimed by CGT Energies 47 which plunged the Armandie stadium into darkness. In the 51st minute, with Nevers leading the way (14-10), Armandie's floodlights went out following a power cut in the neighborhood surrounding the stadium. A few moments later, this protest action was claimed by the CGT Energies 47.

Agen mayor Jean Dionis immediately expressed his anger on Twitter: "Irresponsible, dangerous... Fed up with this unacceptable behavior!" Adding in the process that he was not going to stop there: "We will file a complaint for dangerous behavior tomorrow."

This Friday, the National Rugby League reacted to this "malicious act which led to a power cut during the match": "The NRL condemns this act which endangered the safety of the 8,700 spectators present in the stadium and actors of the meeting, plunging them into darkness for long minutes, with all the consequences that this could have had. And the authority to add that: "This situation greatly disrupted this match with high sporting stakes, and could have gone so far as to lead to the obligation to replay it, one day before the end of the regular season of Pro D2. , and thus impact the entire end of the competition.

The LNR explains that it “will obviously follow carefully and in close collaboration with the club and the authorities the investigation into these facts and reserves the right to seize the competent courts. We appeal to the spirit of responsibility of everyone on respect for the safety of the actors of the meetings and the spectators, and more generally to the respect of the clubs which are engaged in the competitions.

In the columns of the Petit Bleu d'Agen, the CGT once again claimed its action, through the voice of Guillaume Floret, responsible for the CGT federation of mines and energy. “It was the workers in struggle who collectively decided on this action. It was considered earlier this week, but where and when to act? It was necessary to send a new message to Macron, who speaks to us of 100 days of appeasement, while there will be 100 days of saucepans, 100 days of exfiltrated ministers facing the demonstrators and 100 days of energy sobriety. We decided to act on the rugby match because what's a 30 minute break in life compared to two wasted years?"

Faced with the discontent aroused by this cut-off, the trade unionist adds: “We are not acting against the population or the residents, adds the trade unionist, but there may indeed be collateral damage. We do not cut for pleasure, but as part of a struggle. We are aware of the dissatisfaction, but we assume this risk-taking. We are the spokespersons, and the workers are united. I obviously think this is the case at Upsa: the employees have understood our fight, which is theirs. We are not only fighting for the defense of the special scheme, but for all employees.