“Perhaps a new career will open up for me”, Danty looks back on his first in third row

For this Saturday's trip to the Castres pitch, Ronan O'Gara, the manager of Stade Rochelais, decided to line up the usual center Jonathan Danty, left out by Fabien Galthié, in the third line. La Rochelle coach Sébastien Boboul had explained, before this match which was ultimately lost 28-24, that it was a question of“an option to bring power into our pack and also to our ground game. “Jo” is strong in contests and scratchings”. After the match, the French international told Canal +: “We lost by four points, that’s a defensive bonus, we came for a little more. The start of the match was catastrophic in terms of discipline, they had the wind at their backs. We gave them four or five penalties, we still get a point, we will have some regrets.

“I had to change my cleats after two scrimmages because I still had my three-quarter cleats”

And to return to his passage in the front eight: “My third-line position is troubleshooting. It's hard, I had to change my crampons after two scrimmages because I still had my three-quarter crampons. It feels good, I'm getting a little excited again because these last few weeks have been a little tricky. I worked a lot and in two days, I received a lot of information. I told the staff that they could count on me, that I would give my all. I don't know if I was good but I did my best. We'll see later. You never know, if I am limited in the center position, maybe a new career will open up for me.