Toulouse's Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou were forced to withdraw. Romain Taofifénua must also give up.
To compensate for these absences, the staff called on Posolo Tuilagi to help. The 19-year-old kid, certainly, but preceded by a reputation as a bogeyman. In June 2023, it broke out in the media. His first steps with the big Blues are awaited with curiosity. In the Top 14, the second line of Perpignan, the club where he was trained, is starting to make a name for himself. Videos of his buffalo charges are already playing endlessly on social media.