Bismarck du Plessis slaps Florian Fritz repeatedly but stays on the field
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Montpellier hooker Bismarck du Plessis made headlines recently when he and a teammate were involved in a fight just before kickoff. This past weekend he caught our attention again, this time against Toulouse, after he was held at the back of a ruck.
With Toulouse on attack, experienced back Florian Fritz hung on to the bottom of the hooker's shorts and leg. As we've seen before, Du Plessis has a very short fuse so wasted no time at all in dealing with the 34-year-old former French international.
His open-handed slaps landed six or seven times, as he kept doing it until Fritz released.
The ref…