Last weekend, Aviron Bayonnais won on the lawn of Vannes during the 12th day of the Top 14 (21-27).
For this meeting against the Bretons, Bayonne manager Grégory Patat decided to line up 6 forwards on his bench for only 2 backs.
It is clear that the tactic was the right one.
This Saturday, Bayonne welcomes Castres to Jean-Danger, on the occasion of the 13th day of the championship.
And again.
According to information from Sud-Ouest, Grégory Patat will once again line up 6 forwards for only 2 backs on his substitutes’ bench.
Twelve of the fifteen players lined up against Vannes will be brought back to face Castres.
Note that Argentinian hooker Facundo Bosch will make his return to competition. He will be the starter and will therefore take the place of Lucas Martin.
Third row Rémi Bourdeau also makes his return and replaces Esteban Capilla.
Finally, Uzair Cassiem will take the place of Giovanni Habel-Kuffner who slides onto the substitutes’ bench.
Here is the probable composition of Bayonne:
Tiberghien – Carreras, Maqala, Tuilagi, T. Spring – (o) Segonds, (m) Machenaud – Bourdeau, Cassiem, Bruni – Paulos, Chouzenoux (c) – Cotet, Bosch, Cormenier.
Likely replacements:
Martin, Bordelai, Poloniati, Heguy, Habel-Kuffner, Rouet, Lopez, Tagi.
