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French TV Defend Champions Cup Video Referee After Van Graan Criticism

Summary by France24
French Champions Cup television broadcasters said on Monday it is "impossible to hide footage" after Bath coach Johan van Graan slammed the video referee procedure in his side's Champions Cup semi-final loss away to Bordeaux-Begles on the weekend.

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France Télévisions, which broadcast the semifinal of Champions Cup, denied having hidden images during the match won by the Union Bordeaux-Bègles against Bath, recalling that the video referee remains the only decision-maker of the slow aired

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"It's impossible to hide an image," said France Télévisions at the AFP on Monday, the day after the semi-final of Champions Cup won by Bordeaux-Bègles against Bath, in response to criticisms coming...

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A polemic was born after the semi-final of Champions Cup won on Sunday 3 May by Bordeaux-Bègles against Bath (38-26). The English accused the French production of not having broadcast certain images...

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Several British consultants felt that the meeting had knowingly failed to broadcast slow-downs of fault by the Girondins during the half.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
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