Rugby World Cup: Injured, will Jonathan Dante be able to play against the All Blacks?
His physical impact affected him again on Sunday against Australia. But French three-quarter midfielder Jonathan Dante could miss the World Cup opener, Friday, September 8, against the All Blacks. The La Rochelle player is suffering from a hamstring injury sustained against the Wallabies at Stade de France this weekend.
A new examination must be conducted for a muscle injury a week before the match against the New Zealanders, while the Blues meet this Saturday to settle in their hotel in Royal Malmaison after five days of rest. If sources within the French national team explain that Dante’s absence against the New Zealanders has not yet been confirmed, many media outlets claim that the package is registered.
A potential big loss for the Blues, and above all a new absence that would force Fabian Galti to change his plans. The tricolor coach, deprived of his opening goal Romain Ntamack throughout the competition, will have to do without his left column Cyril Bailly and his third lineman Anthony Guelonche, who is in the French 33 squad for the World Cup but is not available for the match against. All blacks.
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Jonathan Dante, 30, has played the last three French Cup XV warm-ups against Scotland, Fiji and Australia, including the last two in full. Against the Wallabies, the former Stade Français player scored the Frenchman’s first of four tries in the game and had an impact on the Australian defence.
To replace him against the New Zealanders where he was scheduled to start at center with Gael Fickou, the staff will have two other specialists in the position: Bordeaux’s Joram Moivana and Montpellier’s Arthur Vincent. The former had replaced him during the last Six Nations, with Jonathan Dante missing the first three matches due to injury. He appears to be holding the rope if Rochelais’ package is confirmed, but Vincent was nursing a torn cruciate ligament at the time.
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