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The French may be out of the Rugby World Cup, but Jesus wasn’t done inspiring them yet. A video is doing the rounds that shows a French nun tackling a protestor trying to make a break through the ‘French defence’ during a protest. Yes, it’s as funny as it sounds.

The construction of a new church structure in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier was the target of an attempted protest by members of the eco-group Les Amis de la Bourges, which translates to ‘friends of the village’.

The construction site was however surrounded by a group of nuns from the Missionary Family of Notre-Dame who formed a holy human chain around the area to stop the activists.

The environmental protestors could be seen striking a blow against ‘Big Oil’ by stomping on some plastic piping, but for one of the zealots the pipe bashing wasn’t enough, and he made a bee-line for destination unknown with what appeared to be more pipe. Free le tuyau!

One of the sisters was evidently still miffed about Sunday’s game, and as the eco-warrior tried to sidestep the holy chain with some sloppy footwork, the nun pounced like a Springbok and smote the bugger into the ground.

In truth, it wasn’t a particularly good tackle, but the protestor was no Cheslin Kolbe either, so the nun managed to take him to the ground just shy of the quarter line, resulting in a rolling maul and possibly some time in the sin-bin.

“I didn’t expect that,” co-president of the association for the future of the Bourges valley Sylvain Hérenguel told local newspapers. “I expected the nuns to be a little reasonable for the public order. The problem is that the religious people decided to resort to violence. I was attacked three times by five people, who snatched me and wanted to throw me out there. They decided to protect the site with their actions and their bodies.”

True dat, the nuns were having nun of it. Following the confrontation, the nuns resumed a more peaceful stance, singing while blocking the surrounding protesters. After getting scragged by Sister Act, perhaps the protesters will stick to glueing themselves to telephone poles.

Although construction resumed in 2022 after additional environmental studies approved the build, several protests have been staged as advocates claim a jackfruit species was not included in the original study.

Pipe fetishes, jackfruit, and violent nuns aside, the whole episode just proves that God is a rugby fan.

Énorme ! La bonne sœur qui plaque un écologiste… du grand spectacle en Ardèche où des religieuses défendent le chantier d’un futur centre religieux face aux militants qui bloquent à cause de l’impact sur l’environnement.
🎥 @ferro_nicolas
☝️plaquage non réglementaire pic.twitter.com/3wSyO7s3LO

— Léo Chapuis (@leo_chapuis) October 16, 2023

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