Mathieu Bastareaud's nasty forearm strike will get him banned for months
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France international and Toulon captain Mathieu Bastareaud has found himself in trouble once again, this time for slamming his forearm into the head of Castres' lock Christophe Samson during their Top 14 clash on Sunday.
Although Toulon edged out the 28-27 win, they could potentially be without the services of their star centre in the coming weeks.Â
It appeared the massive Bastareaud took exception to being tackled from an offside position in the ruck and took his frustrations out on the prone Samson.
It was an extremely dangerous move, one which was even labelled as "bordering on assault" …