La Rochelle lost her first game of the season, and probably one of her executives for a while. Dominated on the lawn of the European Champions Bordeaux-Bègles on Saturday evening (23-18) during the inaugural day of the Top 14, Les Rochelais leave in Charente-Maritime with a defensive bonus but also a wounded to deplore.
The South African winger of the Maritimes Dillyn Leyds, member of the European champion workforce in 2022 and 2023, was forced to go out in the second period in the 64th minute. The 32 -year -old stayed on the ground after air contact with the tricolor international Damian Penaud, a trial record in the jersey of the XV of France. He was then replaced by Thomas Berjon, author of a test in the last moments (79th).
“He surely broke his jaw”
After the meeting, manager Rochelais Ronan O’Gara gave news of the injured. “We lost Leyds,” said the Irish coach. He broke a lot of teeth I think, he surely broke his jaw. It’s a hard blow, it should be absent for a few months. »»
If Thomas Berjon is normally half a scrum, other solutions exist at the La Rochelle wing. The Maritimes can count on Suliasi Vunivalu, Hoani Bosmorin, Davit Niniashvili or Jack Nowell. The last two were not on the match sheet on Saturday.
