Injured since the friendly matches this summer, English star Manu Tuilagi should, barring a turnaround, experience his first minutes in the Top 14 this Saturday against La Rochelle.
This Thursday, under the Basque rain, the Aviron Bayonnais players trained, 48 hours before the clash against La Rochellewhich will take place at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastián. In the little game of bibs during the morning session, we could see that Manu Tuilagi should, in all likelihood, take his first steps in the Top 14 with the Rowing jersey. Injured in the hand during the friendly match against Biarritz, the English star (60 caps) trained alongside Sireli Maqala, at the center of the Basque attack.
Mateo Carreras on the wing
In the scrum, Guillaume Rouet should not be able to hold his place. He was, in any case, not present this Thursday morning at training, where Baptiste Germain and Maxime Machenaud played at the post. The latter holds the rope to start, with Joris Segonds in ten. On the wing, Argentinian international Mateo Carreras (26 caps) will also play his first match of the season with Bayonne. For good reason, the latter missed the start of the championship because of the Rugby Championshipwhere he started six times (two tries). The other wing should be occupied by Aurélien Callandret. Cheikh Tiberghien should occupy the back of the field.
First start at “home” for Capilla
Up front, Grégory Patat should offer Esteban Capilla his first start at home. If we are to believe this morning’s training, he will be associated with Uzair Cassiem and Giovanni Habel-Küffner. Arthur Iturria and Lucas Paulos trained in the second row. Cormenier, Bosch and Tatafu attacked on the front line this morning.
