He should have started last Saturday in Wales against the Scarlets but ultimately had to withdraw due to a hand injury. The verdict is in for Gwenaël Duplenne. The RC Vannes fullback broke his hand, Jean-Noël Spitzer announced at a press conference this Wednesday, and will therefore also miss the Stade Français reception on Saturday (4 p.m.), on the occasion of the 15th day of Top 14.
Paul Surano should therefore start at full-back for the sixth consecutive meeting in the Top 14.
For the rest, the RCV does not report any new injuries. Enzo Benmegal, summoned with the French Rugby sevens team for the tournament in Perth (Australia), and Jean Cotarmanac'h, who has just joined Marcoussis to prepare for the Six Nations U20 Tournament with the Bleuets, were logically absent. Théo Costossèque, slightly injured in his hamstrings last week, was back this Wednesday at the training center.
-Small group training
He was not part, like around ten other players, of the reduced group of 36 players who trained at La Rabine. “It’s one of the little things we’ve changed lately,” Spitzer confided. We found that during the second training of the week, there were a few of us, so there were too many rotations. And we had a form of loss of communication. It's frustrating for those who are not called to this training. But I think we have to protect those who are going to play the match. »
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