It was more than 2 months ago already. In a situation where he played the door opener, Rodrigo Marta sent his teammate behind the Oyonnax line, as a just reward for his energetic match, but heard his foot crack. Assessment? A fracture. “My longest injury so far,” testified the 25-year-old Portuguese for Midi Olympique.
And ? Since then, Colomiers has experienced much more difficult weeks. So well anchored in the first part of the ranking thanks to a great start to the season including 2 away victories, the Haut-Garonnais club then won only 2 of its 8 matches played. And conceded no less than 30 points per match, with a fairly notable difficulty in scoring.
So, will the probable return of Rodrigo Marta this Friday evening for the reception of Biarritz (4th) change the situation? Will it allow Colomiers to breathe some fresh air before the break and move away from this 11th place which is now theirs, far from their ambitions at the start of the season? That’s all the good we wish them…
The X factor
Indeed, the return of the Portuguese arrow could give a little momentum to this Columérine attack, regularly at half mast in recent weeks. Also give a little grinta and freshness to the middle of the field.
Because Marta, beyond her qualities as a finisher (7 tries in 25 matches in these colors) above all brought a punch like few others, on the lawns of ProD2. An ability to break and create gaps for his partners which caused him to be regularly placed in the center, as was already the case in Dax at the start of the season.
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“A marker,” said Julien Sarraute at Midol, who also goes very, very fast, when he has room. “The quality that I really like is speed. I was clocked at 35 km/h.“
And if the competitor that he is regrets having been surpassed by the young Ugo Pacome (35.1 km/h) for the title of fastest player of the club, Marta nevertheless intends to resume his good habits on the meadow, at namely those of constantly putting Colomiers in the lead.
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One of USC’s most consistent players since his arrival after the 2023 World Cup, who we would swear that if he were JIFF or even Argentinian, he would already be playing in the Top 14. Perhaps even in the neighboring club, provided of red and black, whose playing identity would fit perfectly with the qualities of the best scorer in the history of Portugal (28 tries). For the moment, Rodrigo is not thinking about that, even if we know that his profile is monitored, in the pink city and elsewhere.
But who knows, if he comes back as well as before his injury, perhaps the X factor of the Bleu et Blanc will see Toulouse recruiters more regularly in the aisles of the Bendichou stadium, in 2025…
