Victim of a huge head-to-head collision with the Perpignan Apasai Naqalevu, the center of the Union Bordeaux-Bègles Nicolas Depoorter, KO, left the pitch of the Chaban-Delmas stadium on a stretcher in the second period of this Top 14 poster easily won by UBB 66-12.
Big scare for Nicolas Depoorter. The Bordeaux-Bègles international center suffered a severe head concussion. The 21-year-old was taken off on a stretcher at the start of the second half against Perpignan when the score was 31-0 for UBB. We were playing the 45th minute of this match counting for the sixth day of Top 14 when Depoortere, thrown with ball in hand, was hit in the face by the head of Fijian USAP center Apisai Naqalevu, who came to tackle him without his arms.
Apisai Naqalevu expelled
The Catalan player was sent off for this action after the intervention of the video referee. Nicolas Depoortere left the pitch to the applause of the Chaban-Delmas stadium.
The 3/4 center of the UBB went to the hospital to undergo examinations. He suffers from a serious concussion, the UBB staff fears a facial fracture. The one who made his first selections for the French team during the last Six Nations Tournament, was expected to appear in coach Fabien Galthié’s list of 42 for the next autumn tour which begins at the beginning of November. Thanks to ten tries, the UBB crushed the USAP 66-12.
