Manu Tuilagi should soon make his debut in the Top 14: the probable line-up of Bayonne

The Englishman Manu Tuilagi was the flagship recruit of Rowing in the off-season, unfortunately, he is slow to show himself with his new club. The promise was good, but Posolo’s uncle injured his hand in a friendly matchpostponing its first appearance in the Top 14 by a few weeks.

Good news: the 33-year-old has returned to training! Too tight to apply this weekend? Bayonne travels to Chaban Delmas to face UBB and international center is not announced on the match sheet. Associated with the return of Matéo Carreras’ selection, we could finally see the two stars in the Rowing jersey when La Rochelle hosts Anoeta on October 12.

This is good, because Bayonne needs them. The Basques are having a sluggish start to the season. If they had two close victories at home against Perpignan then Montpellier, they are not reassuring. Especially since Camille Lopez’s partners showed up particularly harmless away from home (large defeats at Pau and Clermont).

Saturday’s match doesn’t look much better with a upcoming shock against Bordeaux, recent winner of Toulouse outside. In this sense, manager Grégory Patat should choose to take a reshuffled team to Gironde.

Camille Lopez, Guillaume Rouet, Tevita Tatafu, Luke Tagi, Uzair Cassiem…many executives will be put to rest. The ambition of the Bayonnais is to remain in the elite and they are clearly not playing on the same table as the UBB.

However, this match will be an opportunity for some less used players to show themselves: Victor Hannoun and Pieter Scholtz should make their appearance on the match sheet. The Italian Federico Mori, also returning from injury, is applying and could be associated with Maqala in the center of the attack. The titular hinge being at rest, it is the replacements Maxime Machenaud and Joris Segonds who would be associated. Two players who have shown themselves at their best since the start of the season and who will have the opportunity to make an impression.

A defensive bonus point gleaned from Chaban would certainly delight the Bayonnais. But be careful on the Bordeaux side not to relax, because the Basques will feed on the slightest opportunity to score.