Terrible shock on Jean-Dauger’s lawn this Sunday afternoon. From the 3rd minute of the Aviron Bayonnais-Stade Français poster, Joris Segonds suffered a knockout. after a knee to the head. An involuntary action on the part of opposing center Guillaume Martocq.
The Parisian flyhalf, future player of the Basque club, fell to the ground and seemed to lose consciousness for a few seconds with his arms frozen in the characteristic so-called “Superman” position, an observable sign of concussion. His teammates immediately called medics for quick intervention, with the player even bleeding from the inside of his mouth.
Not the return hoped for for this resumption of Top 14. Joris Segonds remained on the ground for several minutes before regaining consciousness and waving to the public and his teammates. “Seeing a player on the ground like that to start a championship…” breathes Gregory Patat, coach of Aviron Bayonnais at the microphone of Canal +. The Parisian opener had passed the first penalty of the match in the 2nd minute of play. He was evacuated to the applause of Jean-Dauger and was replaced by Léo Barré.
Joris Segonds from his hospital bed this Sunday evening in Bayonne.
At half-time of the meeting, “reassuring news” was announced by Canal+ journalists. Joris Segonds would not be the victim of any fracture and of a “simple” concussion. Transferred to the hospital next to the Jean-Dauger stadium, the opener gave his fans his news on Instagram after the match lost by Stade Français (3-16). “Thank you for your messages, it’s going to be okay,” he wrote, accompanying the message with a photo in which we see that his face has been stitched up.
