The Toulouse infirmary is emptying somewhat: in addition to the return of Pierre-Louis Barassi, Blair Kinghorn, who did not need to be operated on, will not be absent for a long time.
The image had the merit of surprising. After the semi-final won by Stade Toulouse against Harlequins (38-26), full-back Blair Kinghorn, who moved to the wing during the game, published an image on his Instagram account with her nose making a nice turn, then another with large bandages across the middle of her face. The injury came from a blow received during the last action of the match. But Toulouse three-quarter coach Clément Poitrenaud wanted to be reassuring about the state of the Scottish international (27 years old, 56 caps): “He’s doing pretty well.he confided to the microphone of France Bleu. He had the fracture reduced at the hospital immediately that evening. This is rather encouraging for the future. Even if he took a nice chestnut, normally he should be able to do it in the coming days.”
The technician, who played in the same position as the Scot, clarified: “He will probably be absent this week. He will take a period of rest and will be able to re-train fairly quickly. He still has a broken nose, it did not require surgery, we are quite optimistic about his chances of recovery.” And this relative good news does not come alone.
Barassi just after Capuozzo and Bituniyata
Indeed, on the Toulouse side, last week there were already the returns to training of Ange Capuozzo and Setareki Bituniyata. And Pierre-Louis Barassi, injured in the ribs against Racing 92 in the round of 16 of the same Champions Cup, “should resume training this week with the group”again according to Clément Poitrenaud.
As a reminder, Stade Toulouse faces Stade Français, second in the standings, this Sunday at the Ernest-Wallon stadium.
