While the captain of the French rugby team continues to recover after his surgery, the team gathered on Sunday, September 24th in Aix-en-Provence, where they will begin their two-week preparation for the match against Italy on Monday.
C’est l’heure de la reprise. Après avoir profité de trois jours de repos avec leurs proches après le succès face à la Namibie (96-0) à Marseille jeudi soir (certains sont restés en Provence, d’autres ont regagné leur domicile), les Bleus sont de retour au travail ce lundi 25 septembre, pour une semaine d’entraînement normale.
Except for captain Antoine Dupont, who underwent surgery on Friday in Toulouse for a maxillo-zygomatic fracture and is expected to rejoin the group at the end of the week for a very gradual return to training, everyone was present at the meeting on Sunday evening at the Renaissance hotel in Aix-en-Provence, where the French team has been staying for a week.
They will stay there until October 3rd before heading to Lyon, where they will play their fourth and final group stage match against Italy on Friday, October 6th. This match is crucial for them to secure their first place and most likely face South Africa in the quarter-finals on October 15th in Saint-Denis.
Je ne peux pas reformuler.
Ces deux semaines de préparation les séparant du match face aux Italiens serviront également à poursuivre la montée en puissance des Bleus, avec un premier entraînement collectif programmé ce lundi. Le staff de Fabien Galthié espère également profiter de cette coupure dans le calendrier pour récupérer quelques blessés.
Thus, the third-line center of La Rochelle, Grégory Alldritt, who was rested against Namibia due to knee pain, should quickly rejoin the team. It may take a little longer for Julien Marchand, who suffered a hamstring injury during the opening match but still aims to be recovered to face the Italians. If everything goes well after his concussion against Namibia, Paul Boudehent will also be able to compete in this European duel.
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