A defeat that leaves its mark. Affected during the meeting against Pau on Saturday October 18, the Toulouse Pierre-Louis Barassi et Matthis Lebel were absent from training this Monday October 20a few days before the reception in Toulon.
On the other hand, the Argentines Santiago Chocobars et Juan Cruz Mallia answered the call et apply for a place in the “Rouge et Noir” group.
The duration of unavailability “not yet known”
Aligned in the center on the Hameau lawn, Pierre-Louis Barassi left his partners at the break, due toa muscle problem in a thighwe learned from Haut-Garonne management.
To know the extent of his injury, which is apparently minimal, he will nevertheless have to undergo an MRI. His injury will be closely scrutinized by the staff of the XV of France, who must announce this week their list of 42 players to prepare for the autumn tour, which will begin with the reception of South Africa on November 8.
As for his teammate Matthis Lebel, who has participated in all matches since the start of the season and scored four tries, the latter also came out during the game after having taken a blow in the back.
Faced with these glitches, duration still unknownUgo Mola can count on the 100% returns two other three-quarters, namely Juan Cruz Mallia and Santiago Chocobares, who could make their debut with Toulouse this season after taking part in the Rugby Championship in the Pumas jersey.
Suffering from a knee in recent days, Dimitri Delibesis also available with a view to the reception in Toulon, Sunday October 26 at 9:05 p.m. at the Stadiumon the sidelines of the 8th day of the championship.
Cros, Merkler and Brennan still absent
The third line Leo Banosvery lively since the first day, feels a hamstring pain and must also take exams to find out its nature and severity.
Among those absent, François Cros (knee) is still unavailablejust like the pillars Joel Merkler et Paul Mallezas well as the third or second line Joshua Brennan.
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