Hit in the knee during training on Monday, the injury of the third line center, Grégory Allbritt presents no concerns according to the manager of the Blues, Raphaël Ibanez. He who was to start during the match against Namibia on Thursday, will finally give way to Toulouse, Anthony Jelonch.
“There is no concern” to have regarding third line center Grégory Alldritt, slightly injured in the knee Monday during training in Aix-en-Provence, said Blues manager Raphaël Ibanez on Wednesday, on the eve of the France – Namibia match in Marseille. “Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, he joined the group of players who are not on the match sheet for an intense, very intense physical session, which continued in the afternoon,” explained Ibanez in conference Press.
Spared for the match against Namibia
Tuesday, when announcing the composition of the French team to face Namibia, coach Fabien Galthié specified that Grégory Alldritt, who was to appear in the starting XV on Thursday, was spared due to discomfort at one knee. He is replaced in the team lined up against the Namibians by Toulouse’s Anthony Jelonch.
During match eve training at the Vélodrome stadium, the No.8 from La Rochelle, one of the Blues executives, was sitting on the substitutes’ bench on Wednesday, alongside hooker Julien Marchand, who is nursing for his part a muscle injury to the hamstrings. “Today (Wednesday), said Ibanez, he is recovering. He is in an adapted training situation.” After Namibia, the French XV will have two weeks of rest before playing their last group match of the World Cup against Italy, on October 6 in Lyon.