On November 27, 2021, Mathieu Bastareaud collapsed.
Rupture of the quadriceps tendon of both knees, an exit on a stretcher during a match with Lyon on their former lawn of Mayol, in Toulon.
At 33, the player's future seemed hopeless.
But after an operation, a long rehabilitation and a change of club since he was hired by the RCT, the former international has made a lot of predictions lie.
On September 18, he started to face Clermont with the Rouge et Noir on the same ground where he had been thought lost.
Sunday (9:05 p.m.), he will again appear in the starting XV to challenge Bordeaux-Bègles.
The three-quarter converted third line refused to say goodbye to rugby.
A fight and a choice that he took the time to tell us about during an interview given ten days ago.
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