Top 14: Guirado (Montpellier), injured biceps, absent three to four months

The hooker and captain of Montpellier Guilhem Guirado, hit on the biceps on Saturday against Toulon, will be unavailable for a period of three to four months, we learned on Monday from the Hérault club.

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Guirado, who took exams Monday morning, suffers from a rupture of the biceps tendon of his right arm contracted Saturday in Toulon (24-24) on the occasion of the resumption of the Top 14.

The former international (35 years old, 74 caps) should be operated on in the coming days before observing a long phase of rehabilitation.

The former Toulonnais (2014-19) is definitely cursed when he returns to Mayol.

In 2019, the day after the World Cup in Japan, he had already suffered the same injury for his first match in the Hérault jersey.

The Catalan recently confirmed that he will end his playing career after the season and his three-year contract with MHR are over.

In his prolonged absence, manager Philippe Saint-André finds himself somewhat helpless as a hooker as Australian international Brandon Paenga-Amosa, flagship rookie of the offseason, will not join his new club until after Rugby Championship.

The former Lyonnais Jérémie Maurouard, who replaced Guirado on Saturday in Toulon in the 50th minute, and Vincent Giudicelli should assume the interim for several weeks, and from Saturday against Brive for the second day of Top 14.

In addition, the scrum half or opening half Benoît Paillaugue, hit in the right knee against Toulon, must consult a surgeon on Monday to know the severity of his injury.

International winger Vincent Rattez, replaced at half-time, suffers from a minor thigh contracture.