Little by little, Stade Toulousain is recovering its Blues who – a small reminder for those who have been living in a cave in recent weeks – ended their World Cup prematurely with a defeat in the quarter-final against South Africa (28-29). ), on October 15. After Peato Mauvaka, aligned in the Top 14 for the success over Union Bordeaux-Bègles (29-22) from October 29, then Melvyn Jaminet and Dorian Aldegheri, returned on Sunday during the defeat in Pau (13-9), six other quarter-finalists returned to training on Tuesday.
Twenty-three days after the national psychodrama against the Springboks, captain Antoine Dupont was inevitably the most noticed, he whose maxillo-zygomatic fracture turned into a state affair before he could play this famous quarter.
Who will play against Perpignan?
In addition to the scrum half, back from his vacation in Bali, full-back Thomas Ramos, 3rd row François Cros and Anthony Jelonch, 2nd row Thibaud Flament and left pillar Cyril Baille have also joined the Rouge et Noir, current 6th of the championship, to prepare for the reception in Perpignan on Saturday. It remains to be seen whether manager Ugo Mola will relaunch all these beautiful people as a whole against the Catalan red lantern.
On the other hand, hooker Julien Marchand, who recently had knee surgery after a World Cup in which he only played 11 minutes, during the opening match against New Zealand (27-13), will still have to wait.