Already a rupture of the cruciate ligament of the left knee in 2021
This is obviously a very hard blow for the former captain of the Blues. Because he is no longer young, because he has already paid a heavy price for injuries in his career. In June 2021, Ollivon had already suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee, but it was the left. And we're not even talking about the fears of a premature end to his career, at the age of twenty-five, born from this left shoulder which caused him incessant torment. In August 2017, a fracture of his left shoulder blade kept him away from the field for almost a year. Barely had he left this long tunnel when he injured his left shoulder in training in September 2018.
In 2013, he had a stop placed in his left shoulder. Since his professional debut at Aviron Bayonnais, Ollivon has subjected his body and mind to the long processes of convalescence, strengthening and reathletics. How much battery does he have left to start again? “I’m going to have surgery soon”he announced on Instagram. “Now I am 200% behind the team before I can join next season. » The blow is all the harder as Ollivon had just given a boost to his career after a difficult post-2023 World Cup season. Not selected by Fabien Galthié for the start of the last autumn tour against Japan (52-12), replacing against the All Blacks (30-29), he finished on a good note against Argentina (37- 23), at position number 8. From now on, he knows only too well the path that awaits him. And the strength of character it will take for him to come back, again.
