Faraj Benlahoucine, Media365, published on Monday October 30, 2023 at 7:22 p.m.
Montpellier lost this Sunday in the Top 14 against Racing 92. The MHR could well have also lost two captains who came out due to injury.
After a two-month break due to the World Cup, the Top 14 made its second start of the season this Sunday. A party, however, was spoiled for Montpellier on the occasion of its reunion with its audience at the GGL Stadium. Beaten by Racing 92 (16-19), the 2022 French champion may have lost more. International full-back Anthony Bouthier as well as scrum-half Léo Coly left the pitch during the game due to injury.
The first named was replaced in the last quarter of an hour by Alexandre De Nardi (67th), hit in the right elbow. The former Vannes player evacuated the field with his arm in a sling. A precaution which obviously does not reassure the Hérault residents who should know more about the nature of their rear’s injury at the start of the week. A very sad return to business for the number 15 of the MHR who had already missed the first three days of Top 14.
With Paillaugue while waiting for Reinach
As for Léo Coly, he left his team in the first period on concussion protocol for thirteen minutes. In the second half, he definitively abandoned his teammates, replaced by Benoit Paillaugue (50th). Another hard blow for Montpellier which flirts with the red zone of the Top 14, in 12th position, with only one point ahead of the jump-off, Oyonnax.
Freshly crowned world champion with the Springboks, scrum half Cobus Reinach has not yet joined his club and he should not be traveling to the Bordeaux-Bègles pitch this Saturday during the 5th day of Top 14.
2023-10-31 07:06:29
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