Invited Thursday evening from the Late Rugby Club, Mathieu Bastareaud announced that he had received the medical green light to play rugby again.
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It doesn't look like it, but I'm very happy.
The ambition now is to play again
”, slipped the converted third center line.
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We will see where and when, but, for the moment, it is positive.
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Only certainty, it will not be in Lyon, the former captain of the XV of France (54 selections) having announced his departure from the LOU.
The preferred track would be RC Toulon.
Mathieu Bastareaud should take tests there to assess the condition of his knees after his serious injury (rupture of the quadriceps tendon in each knee at the end of November).
If his preference is for a last lap in a Top 14 club, the Rugby Club Hyères-Carqueiranne La Crau, which plays in the National (3rd division) would have made him an offer for a player-coach position.
“Very few people think I can come back to a rugby pitch.
The phone doesn't ring much…”
Interviewed recently by RMC Sports, the 33-year-old admitted that the solicitations did not necessarily flow.
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I am not in a situation where the clubs necessarily think of me.
Very few people think I can return to a rugby field.
The telephone does not ring much…
” Verdict expected in the coming days.
