Castres Olympique: Palis, Champion De Crespigny, Ardron, Cope… At CO, injured people seeing the end of the tunnel

We count two and two on the Castres Olympique side. Two and two to the end of the season, six games from the end, with a calendar that will be cut by European weeks that Tarnais are no longer invited to since their elimination in the last 16 of the Challenge Cup in Gloucester (25 – 30). After La Rochelle tomorrow, then a trip to Oyonnax, the “blue and white” will again cut a weekend before two other games (hosting Montpellier, trip to Clermont), then repeat one last time (Stade Français, in Bayonne ).

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Above all the opportunity to bring in people until the end of the year where OC will know what to expect depending on the result against the Maritimes. “We took advantage of these two weeks after Gloucester to treat the injuries,” notes Castres manager Jeremy Davidson. And not all the players will be ready for the arrival of the double European champions. The Olympians should do without the services of second-row Tom Staniforth and those of Pierre Popelin – suspended, he has finished nursing a calf injury and is expected to return next week.

Returning in May

Return is expected in May. That of Geoffrey Palis, operated on last week for a meniscus in his left knee, or Nick Champion De Crespigny, who is still undergoing rehabilitation for a broken shoulder blade. Tyler Ardron can “come back just before Montpellier” informs Davidson and Baptiste Cope, victim of a nasty knockout. in March in Lyon, must see his neurologist next week to set a recovery date. For Romain Macurdy and Martin Laveau, their season is over.

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Rochelais will come to Castres without several of their leaders, especially at the back. Maritime manager Ronan O’Gara said yesterday that Brice Dulin would be out for four to six weeks (knee) and that Tawera Kerr-Barlow (concussion), Ihaia West (crutches) and Dillyn Leyds (shoulder) would also not travel.