Outclassed by Union Bordeaux-Bègles (19-46) on Saturday at Jean-Bouin, Stade Français began the year 2025 with a new defeat, its ninth in fourteen days of Top 14. Internally, the managers and staff by Laurent Labit are looking for solutions. This Monday, the Parisian club announced the arrival of Mathieu Blin within the management. The former hooker, who played thirteen seasons in the Paris jersey between 1997 and 2010, will bring his « expertise » from the scrum until the end of the season. According to the club press release, Blin (47 years old) will intervene “weekly with the professional team, only during training sessions and without attendance on match days”. Blin thus compensates for the departure of Davit Zirakashvili following the dismissal of Karim Ghezal at the end of September.
