Silvère Tian red carded for insulting referee Romain Poite

There were ugly scenes in the closing stages of Oyonnax's 27-20 defeat to Grenoble in the Top 14 last weekend, with full back Silvère Tian seeing red for insulting referee Romain Poite. Tian, who hails from the Ivory Coast, had been penalised for an infringement on the floor, resulting in a yellow card after his team's persistent offending. But Tian took his frustration out on referee Romain Poite and delivered an expletive tirade which gave Poite no option but to issue a red card. Tian initially received his marching orders for shouting to Poite "Piss off!" (fais chier!) before apparently t…