The verdict was feared.
It's confirmed.
The second line of the XV of France will no longer play this season.
The exams passed on Monday gave their verdict.
Paul Willemse suffers from a "
rupture of the medial lateral ligament of the
right knee".
For an unavailability “
estimated at eight weeks
”.
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Schedule and Top 14 results
Ranking Top 14
Touched in the right knee on Saturday during the defeat of the MHR against Lyon, the tricolor international (24 caps) will therefore miss the end of the season for the Hérault club, leader of the Top 14 two days before the end of the regular phase and still racing in the Champions Cup.
Montpellier will play its quarter-final on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) in La Rochelle.
A blow for the player, but also for his club, already deprived, among others, of his master to play, the South African scrum-half Cobus Reinach (operated last Wednesday on a shoulder) or Arthur Vincent, unavailable for months and not expected until next season;
Bad news cannot be ruled out on the side of Geoffrey Doumayrou, hit in the thigh during the warm-up before facing LOU.
Private tour of the XV of France in Japan
Paul Willemse is also very likely to miss the XV of France tour in Japan, where the Blues must play two tests, on July 2 and 9.
