You are a traitor. You have been playing Monopoly with our club. The accusation, full of bitterness and disillusion, was the cry of a Stade Francais fan directed against president Thomas Savare outside the League HQ where the future of their club hung in the balance.
And not one of their players, all dressed in pink, who turned up to fight an announced merger with derby rivals Racing, would have disagreed with a single word.
The move, described as a bomb by Savare, has caused unprecedented damage to the Top 14 and the reputations of its last two champions.
Neither team played yesterday, Sta...