Unused since the start of the season, South African right pillar Justin Forwood will start in the front row alongside Goginava and Kessler tomorrow night at Colomiers, in a private team of 10 injured players and Avei, suspended.
It will also be a great first for Gautier Gibouin, who had thumb surgery before the start of the season, and finally attack. He will start as a flanker, like Paul Belzons, captain tomorrow night, both surrounding Robin Copeland.
The Ayestaran – Noble hinge is renewed, in front of a three-quarter line which has very little room for maneuver, since five players are injured. The third curtain Velten, Even, Lafitte is therefore unchanged, while it is Pehau who returns to the center instead of Willison and alongside Mau.
Mathieu Ugalde, recovered from his calf injury, will therefore start on a bench where the young second-row Jourdan makes his first appearance.
SA XV. 15. Even; 14. Velten 13. Mau 12. Pehau 11. Lafitte; (o) 10. Noble, (m) 9. Ayestaran; 7. Gibouin 8. Copeland 6. Belzons; 5. Va’aï 4. Gay; 3. Forwood 2. Kessler 1. Goginava. Replacements: 16. Bruté de Rémur, 17. El Jaï, 18. Jourdan, 19. Witt, 20. Boutin, 21. Rubio, 22. Ugalde, 23. Berthaud.
Absent. El Ansari (shoulder), Vartan (contact case), Avei (suspended), Nabou (adductors), Sutiashvili (calf), Roux (knee), Jones (ribs), Willison (blow to the head), Lasmarrigues (knee), Etcheverry (muscle concerns), Raïvono (ischios), Laforgue, Halavatau (outside the group).
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