It has now been more than 2 months since he last stepped on the pitch. Victim of a huge blow received on the knee at the start of the match against the All Blacks, Tevita Tatafu came out limping down.
Crippling, he had participated in an Aviron Bayonnais training session 15 days ago, but quickly felt pain, indicates Rugbyrama. Infiltrated since, the cubic meter (1m82 for 140kg) from the Pacific is probably doing better, since he is applying for the Top 14 meeting in Bayonne, Saturday, on the lawn of Perpignan.
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An expected return for the Blues and Whites, who intend to use all the arguments to try to score an away goal before the break. “There is a good chance“, let him start on the bench, admitted Grégory Patat, the manager of Ciel et Blanc. “He becomes legitimate to enter the composition“.
Towards a return to Blue for England?
But the Rowing strongman also warns about the coming weeks. “It's often after the first match that is complicated. Afterwards, it will be evaluated. Who will be on vacation or with the French team, we will have to follow closely“, reports France Bleu.
-A potential return to the French team which would not be to the taste of the Rowing staff, when they have not been able to field their player since October.
“I'm not alerting anyone because I won't allow myself. But, they are aware of it and they are aware that, today, the training loads must be respected and we must be careful after this long absence. There is a whole return to play process that must be put in place. At the international level, everything goes faster, the intensities are higher.”
With, in the background, this prevention that he wanted to make. “The idea is that Tevita lasts until the end of the season, not that he returns to the infirmary.“Yes, having internationals brings great recognition of the work carried out by the clubs, but also constraints that are sometimes difficult to accept…
