The young scrum half Léo Coly will start the game against CAB. SYLVAIN THOMAS / AFP
For the reception of Brive – defeat prohibited under penalty of saying goodbye to the final stages definitively – this Saturday (5 p.m.) as part of the 24e day of the Top 14, Philippe Saint-André made five changes to his starting XV compared to the match lost in Bayonne (33-30).
The MHR records the return of its international second line Florian Verhaeghe (26 years old, 1 selection), absent for more than four months due to a shoulder injury. He will be accompanied by Bastien Chalureau, Paul Willemse leaving the score sheet.
As the right pillar, Titi Lamositele replaces Mohamed Haouas, who slips on the bench. At the hinge, return of the young scrum half Léo Coly as holder and the opener Louis Carbonel on the bench.
The starting XV of Montpellier : 15. Bouthier (cap.); 14. Tisseron, 13. Darmon, 12. Serfontein, 11. Bridge; 10. Garbisi, 9. Coly; 7. Becognée, 8. Mercer, 6. Nouchi; 5. Chalureau, 4. Verhaeghe; 3. Lamositele, 2. Langdon, 1. Forletta.
Substitutes : 16. Giudicelli, 17. Chauvac, 18. Duguid, 19. Van Rensburg, 20. Aprasidze, 21. Carbonel, 22. Lucas, 23. Haouas.
