Stade Rochelais has just communicated the starting XV against Stade Français, this Saturday, November 2, as part of the 9th day of Top 14. Still waiting for a dismissal of the case after his indictment in Argentina for aggravated rape in meeting on an Argentinian woman, last July, the Frenchman Oscar Jegou will indeed be the holder.
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It was an open secret. French international Oscar Jegou will indeed start this Saturday, November 2 against Stade français.
After the tenure of his compatriot and Palois Hugo Auradou a few weeks ago, Rochelais Oscar Jegou puts on the tunic of the Jaune et Noir and will set foot on the pitch at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre for the first time in the 2024-2025 season.
Many Internet users on social networks and most of the media were talking about his possible tenure this weekend after being seen during public training, this Thursday, October 30, with a yellow bib.
The La Rochelle club probably had to wait for the Mendoza affair, in which the third row is involved, to result in a dismissal of the case. As a reminder, he is charged with aggravated gang rape, for alleged events that occurred on the night of July 6 to 7 in a hotel in Mendoza in Argentina, where the French XV had just played a match against Argentina.
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During the night of this Thursday, October 31 to Friday, November 1, the examination of the abandonment of the proceedings against French rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, scheduled for this Friday, was again postponed without a date, according to judicial sources interviewed by the AFP.
Without his team leaders like Grégory Alldritt or Paul Boudehent, summoned with the XV of France for the autumn tour, coach Ronan O'Gara needed fresh blood. Oscar Jegou will therefore play again in the La Rochelle jersey, almost four months after his last appearance against Toulouse in the Top 14 semi-final (defeat, 39-23).
