Referees failing the players they are meant to protect

I suppose nothing less than a profound sense of disillusionment would be the way I feel after no action was taken against Yoann Maestri and Guilhem Guirado for foul play in last Saturday's Test match in Paris. The Union bodies and their communications people always throw in the term 'alleged' foul play in their communiqués - legal protocols that have to be observed so that the perpetrators are not judged before their trial - if in fact they ever do go to trial.