Hard blow confirmed for UBB. Matthieu Jalibert, injured in the left thigh on Saturday against Oyonnax (40-7) in Top 14, is out for the rest of the season, as he announced on Monday on Instagram. “My season ended following a muscle tear. It’s hard to accept when you do everything possible to experience this kind of moment. (…) Life is sometimes unfair, but that’s the law of sport“, he writes.
The Blues fly-half was injured in the 72nd minute of this match on day 26. He returned grimacing to the locker room supported by his manager Yannick Bru and performance director Thibault Giroud. Tests he took Monday morning revealed a torn hamstring and his withdrawal for the rest of the season.
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Last minute tenure
Initially spared for the final phase of the Top 14 and scheduled only on the bench for this last match, at home, against the relegated Oyonnax, Jalibert finally started at the opening after the last minute withdrawal of fullback Louis Bielle-Biarrey .
The 25-year-old fly-half, hardly spared from injuries in recent seasons, had already missed the Champions Cup quarter-final against Harlequins in mid-April due to a left knee injury. Third in the regular season, Bordeaux-Bègles must face Racing 92 in the play-off on Sunday at Chaban (9:05 p.m.), then if successful, Stade français in the semi-final at Matmut Atlantique.
Jalibert, it’s becoming worrying: “His rating could have been lower than 3/10”
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