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The center of the France and La Rochelle team is unavailable due to a serious injury. It is already clear that he will not be able to participate in the first rounds of the European competition, which starts at the end of January.
As soon as the Top 14 match ended, Sunday December 29 in Perpignan (13th day), the La Rochelle staff knew that something had happened with the “blocked” knee of one of the Maritimes senior players. , Jonathan Danty.
This Friday, January 3, the medical situation at the international center is serious, perhaps more than feared at the beginning. According to The TeamJonathan Danty suffers from a meniscus and had surgery at the start of the week. Duration of unavailability: approximately eight weeks.
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A return around the beginning of March, therefore, for the 32-year-old player, and a package already recorded for the first installments of the 6 Nations Tournament with the Blues (France-Wales January 31, England-France February 8).
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A second important package for coach Fabien Galthié, who must already deplore the unavailability of another center, Gaël Fickou, victim of a broken left thumb. Affected with Racing during the last Top 14 match against Lyon, the ex-Toulouse player was operated on Monday December 30 and will be “away from the field for a period of 6 to 8 weeks”, his Ile-de-France club said in a press release. .
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