France star Jonathan Danty has accused a player of a "premeditated" attack after he was hit with a flying headbutt by Perpignan's Mathieu Acebes.
The centre, who has been a regular for Fabien Galthie on the Test stage in recent years, will miss the entire Six Nations after picking up a knee injury in the same match between La Rochelle and Perpignan. Reports in France say the 30-year-old will be out for three months after rupturing his posterior cruciate ligament, ruling him out of France's title defence.
However, it was a different incident in the same game which has drawn the ire of Danty. While lying vulnerable on the ground during the first half of the feisty Top 14 clash, Perpignan captain Acebes hit the prone Danty with a headbutt, for which he was red carded.
