RC Vannes is about to play an importing match on Saturday at the Rabine, against the Stade Français. And the RCV staff can count on almost all of its executives. But one of them will miss the call, as very often this season: Juan Bautista Pedemonte.
The third 24-year-old line, best club test marker last season (9 tied with Pat Leafa), played only four games in Top 14. The backlash of a 2023-2024 Dantesque season in which he Taken part at 26 of the 32 Pro D2 games, including 22 tenure. And, unlike his teammates, “Bauti” chained with the Argentina national team last summer, then during the November tour when he was just a injury.
The body said stop. The neo-Puma (two selections) was operated on a knee in early January and its absence is estimated by two to three months. “It's an almost white season for him, regrets Jean-Noël Spitzer. Unfortunately, we are not the first club to undergo this. We take a bit of the argentine selection. They shoot them to the end and they come back worn, damaged. We are missing because he is a player who brings this energy from Monday to Sunday, this grinta and he still hits hard. You tick it right away on the match sheet, no one wants to play opposite. »»
His energy detects on the group
The absence of Pedemonte weighs, as much by her performances in matches as her commitment, even during training. “We train with intensities in contact that go from 1 to 4. The problem is that it is 4 all the time, laughs the manager of the RCV. It is 100 % all the time, from 8 a.m. to bedtime. He has this thing that divers on a group. He brings standards to training by his energy, his physical commitment. So there, he suffers a bit of the backlash. »»
-Before the operation, the one who extended until 2027 with the RC Vannes at the start of the season returned to Argentina for a few days to recharge his batteries. Back in Morbihan, he takes his pain patiently and does the maximum to be back as soon as possible. “He does not live well because he is a very respectful boy,” continues Spitzer. He does not make the salary that the club pays him, so it is something that obviously weighs on him. And his absence also weighs.
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