A blow from the start of the year for the XV of France.
Injured on Saturday with his La Rochelle club, the three-quarter center Jonathan Danty (30 years old, 18 caps) should miss at least the start, and perhaps the entirety, of the Six Nations Tournament with the Blues.
The examinations carried out on the player revealed a rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, reveals this Tuesday Rugbyrama.
He will be absent for at least two months.
The former Parisian was forced to leave the lawn of Aimé-Giral during the victory of the Rochelais on Saturday (29-10) after a clash with the Catalan three-quarter Georges Tilsley in the 68th minute of play. match, he had been the victim, on the ground, of a whim from the captain of Usap, Mathieu Acebes.
Towards a Fickou-Moefana pair to launch the Tournament
Jonathan Danty has established himself among the starters with the tricolors since the November 2021 tour, where he participated in the historic victory over the All Blacks (40-25).
He then contributed to Fabien Galthié's men's Grand Slam before following up with a new series of three victories in the last series of autumn tests.
The center formed an effective pair with Gaël Fickou, his ex-partner at Stade Français.
Fickou should be associated during the next tournament with Yoram Moefana, who resumed Friday with Bordeaux-Bègles after a month of absence.
The Blues will start their Six Nations Tournament and their year 2023 with a trip to Italy on Sunday February 5.
Fabien Galthié's men will follow up with a much-awaited confrontation in Ireland on the 11th.