Obviously, the team made up of – we couldn't be any more – complementary Toulouse Thibaud Flament and Many Meafou seemed immovable. But this Wednesday evening, we learned of the muscle injury of the 2nd row with a slight Belgian accent, who should reshuffle the cards in the team which will challenge Wales next Friday.
Especially since without disrespect to our Welsh friends, this match can be an opportunity to try 2 or 3 very promising elements, something that the clashes in Ireland and England will not allow. Thus, Joshua Brennan, scheduled to return to Toulouse this Wednesday evening, ultimately remained in Marcoussis.
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We imagine that the double meter born in Ireland should celebrate his first selection with the XV of France. A fair reward for the 23-year-old Toulouse who has continued to gain momentum for two seasons.
“He had very good matches last year, but now he took on another dimension. He advances on impacts, he counters into touches, he scratches, he tackles hard: he is very complete, and plays very well. I'm happy for him“, rightly estimated a few months ago the holder of the position in Toulouse and with the Blues, Thibaud Flament.
-Combat and mobility to replace Flament
A little frail at the start, the 2nd line has thickened to peak today at 118kg, while maintaining mobility allowing him to also play flanker. A versatility which had also offered him a place on the scoresheet of the two finals of last season, Champions Cup and Top 14, and which could well ensure his place on that of Wales.
TOP 14. A man at the start of the season: Joshua Brennan, on behalf of the father, the brother and the fighting spirit
As a holder? His versatile profile could please on the bench, but Brennan has this dimension in combat (the fighting spirit is in the genes, isn't it?) and in defense which allows you to travel serenely, as they say .
6 NATIONS. Can Flament's package also reshuffle the cards in the 3rd line and on the bench?In this sense, his association with the powerful Meafou in the cage seems natural, given his complementarity and his automatisms with the Stade Toulousain semi-trailer, which he rubs shoulders with all year round and with whom he is occasionally aligned in club. Even if this could lead to the integration of a jumper (accustomed to the Blues system) more in the 3rd line, to ensure the touchline sector. But since Alexandre Roumat has, it seems, recovered from his hamstring injury…
