Efrain Elias is struck in the chest by Janick Tarrit

Top 14 leaders Toulouse racked up their eighth win of the season by seeing off Racing 92 in a 48-24 victory.

The match was largely made significant due to the return of Antoine Dupont, but much of the talk afterwards surrounded Janick Tarrit's game-changing red card.

With the game still finely poised at 5-3, Tarrit committed a blatant headbutt on Toulouse star Efrain Elias on the stroke of half-time, hitting him in the stomach.

The incident was reviewed by the video referee, after on-field official Tual Trainini had already blown his whistle for half-time. Content cannot be displayed without consent

The referee explained: "What I clearly see is the number 2 in white deliberately headbutting the player at the sternum, without any i

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