Absent from the preparation of the Six Nations Tournament with the Blues, the Toulouse third row should experience a short period of unavailability, his club said this Tuesday.
Package to prepare for the Six Nations Tournament, the third row of the XV of France Anthony Jelonch suffers from a small calf injury and should experience a short unavailability, AFP learned Tuesday from the management of Stade Toulousain.
The absence of Jelonch (28 years old, 29 caps) was announced on Monday by the FFR, without its duration or the nature of his injury being indicated. He was replaced in the group of 42 French players gathered to prepare for the first match of the Tournament against Wales by second row Romain Taofifenua (34 years old, 53 caps).
The Toulouse native did not feel any pain during his team's 80-12 victory against Leicester on Sunday in the Champions Cup, a match in which he took part in its entirety. But examinations taken on Monday revealed a muscle injury in the calf, which could lead to unavailability for a few weeks at most, according to Toulouse management.
Placines, Arnold and Ahki return to Toulouse
His friend from the red and black third line Alexandre Roumat, injured in the hamstring at the beginning of January, was not called up to the France group. On the way back, it is still uncertain for the reception of Montpellier on Saturday (2:00 p.m.) in the Top 14.
-Deprived of 12 players who left to join Marcoussis to prepare for the Tournament, including its stars Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack, Stade Toulousain recorded the returns of third row Alban Placines, who has still not played this season, as well as second row Richie Arnold and the Pita Ahki center.
The XV of France opens its campaign in the Tournament against Wales on January 31 at the Stade de France.
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