Australian second row Stade Toulousain Richie Arnold, injured in a shoulder last weekend, will be absent for at least three weeks, it was announced on Friday 1is November coaching his club before traveling to Bayonne on Sunday (9:05 p.m.) for the 9th day of Top 14.
Arnold suffered an acromioclavicular dislocation shortly after coming into play during Toulouse's large victory against Toulon (57-5).
An injury that comes at a bad time for the reigning French and European champions, already deprived in the second row of Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou, selected for the French team for the November tests. Called up for the first time at Marcoussis, the young Joshua Brennan was released by the Blues staff and will be able to play on Sunday in Bayonne at the end of the 9th day of Top 14.
Marchand is still treating a calf problem
International hooker Julien Marchand, who suffers from minor calf discomfort, is still « protégé » by his club before potentially joining the French XV for its first match of the fall against Japan next week.
Toulouse recorded before the trip to Aviron Bayonnais, surprising third in the championship, the returns of the young third row Mathis Castro-Ferreira, who has not yet played this season, the Japanese scrum half Naoto Saito and the winger and Olympic sevens rugby champion Nelson Épée.
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