UBB will be missing two key pieces during this Top 14 semi-final. Already deprived of its international opener Matthieu Jalibert, whose season is over, it will also have to do without its right-hander Ben Tameifuna, injured in the shoulder in the play-off against Racing.
The Tongan will be replaced by the South African Carlü Sadie, associated with Maxime Lamothe and Jefferson Poirot. Cyril Cazeaux and Adam Coleman will form the second line team.
Expected return of Pierre Bochaton in the third row with Tevita Tatafu and Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer. The hinge will be, like last Sunday, made up of Maxime Lucu and Matéo Garcia. Spared this week, the young opener will hold his place.
Only one change in the back lines. Louis Bielle-Biarrey finds his place on the wing to the detriment of Madosh Tambwe.
The staff opted for a six-forward bench with Guido Petti, Mahamadou Diaby and Pete Samu. Yann Lesgourgues and Pablo Uberti will cover the three-quarter line positions.
The composition
Starting XV : Buros – Penaud, Depoortère, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey – Garcia (o) Lucu (m) – Bochaton, Tatafu, Vergnes-Taillefer – Cazeaux, Coleman – Sadie, Lamothe, Poirot.
Substitutes : Laterrade, Boniface, Petti, Diaby, Samu, Lesgourgues, Uberti, Kaulashvili.
