The fears of Friday evening are therefore confirmed. Hit in the left ankle and forced to prematurely leave the Challenge Cup final, lost to Lyon (30-12), Gabin Villière (26) who passed exams on Monday, will be operated on in the coming days, according to a information from RMC. The international winger will miss the end of the French Top 14 championship with his club, as well as the summer tour of the XV of France, at the beginning of July.
The Norman, injured his ankle in the 13th minute, was first treated by the team’s physiotherapist, and was finally forced to leave his comrades half an hour into the game, replaced by the Fijian Jiuta Wainiqolo. It was on the bench that the player of the France team, victorious at the last Six Nations Tournament, witnessed the defeat of his team in the final of the “small” European Cup.
Villière will therefore miss the last match of the Top 14 regular season, next Sunday at Racing, of a possible final phase as well as the summer tour in Japan of the XV of France, which will play two test matches on July 2 and 9.
Handicapped by a painful knee, he had been preserved the previous week during the victory against Pau in the league (37-20).
