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"Few things could prevent me from playing": ten months later, Bastareaud found the land with Toulon

2022-09-19T08:03:12.831Z


Toulon narrowly won against Clermont (30-29) on Sunday at the Mayol stadium in a meeting marked by the return of Mathieu Basta


In an electric end to the match, Toulon narrowly won against Clermont (30-29) at the end of the 3rd day of Top 14 on Sunday at Mayol.

Ten months after collapsing on this same lawn in Mayol, both knees broken, Mathieu Bastareaud, 33, was present in the Toulon ranks for his big return to competition.

Announced in the stands, the former three-quarter center who became third line was finally announced in the starting XV an hour before kick-off.

Sobre, the former tricolor international with 54 selections, gratified the public with several percussions, a scraped ball in his usual style (11th) and even a game with the left foot in the diagonal, almost perfect, allowing the players Varois to lay hands on the match.

He finally came out in the 48th minute of play, to a deserved ovation from the Var public.

"Sign of a great gentleman"

“There was a lot of emotional charge in this match, confided Bastareaud after the match.

I am coming back from far.

But it went really well, already with the victory, and personally I felt good.

I'm bottled, so I knew how to handle it.

I tried to focus on what needed to be done.

When we took tests in quick succession, I saw heads bow but that's also why I'm here.

It's not going to happen overnight, but it goes through matches like tonight's.

I don't give up easily.

I know where I come from and what I did to be here tonight.

I was sure to play.

I prepared for it and there were few things that could stop me from playing, maybe a hurricane.

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In an end to the game with twists and turns, Toulon finally managed to keep their advantage of one point and sign a victory worthy of the circumstance of the return of Bastareaud.

"Regarding Mathieu, he had to start," said Pierre Mignoni, director of rugby at RC Toulon.

But we had administrative and medical constraints and so we only made the decision this morning (Sunday).

Congratulations to him for this return.

Doing what he did today is a sign of a great man.

It is a great pride to see him again at this level.

It will still increase in power just like the team, which is not 100%.

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Source: leparis

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