A trip to confirm teh start of recovery. Stade Français, 12th in the table (19 points), plays this Sunday (9.5pm) in Bayonne at the end of the eleventh day of Top 14 rugby. After last Sunday’s reassuring victory in the derby against Racing 92 (40-24), the parisians will try to collect their first away success of the season, to continue moving away from the red zone.
Turnover in Paris
To go far,the Parisian coach,who has recovered almost all of his injured players (only 2 are still missing,Melikidze and Hirigoyen),has decided to rotate a bit,to inject new blood. If the brad Weber-louis Carbonel connection is renewed,Laurent Labit has substantially modified his third line,with Ryan Chapuis and the former Bayonnese Pierre Huguet starting,alongside the tireless Romain Briatte.
In defense, Joe Jonas continues, while Léo Barré, fresh from selection, is on the bench, as are Sekou Macalou and Andy Timo, who will play his first match this season.
On the Bayonne front,note the presence of former parisians Joris Segonds up front,Giovanni Habel-Kuffner in the third line and Nadir Megdoud on the wing,who will fondly remember the Pink Soldiers.
Team compositions
Bayonne-stade FrançaisSunday (9.05pm) for the eleventh day of the Top 14.
Referee: Ludovic Cayre.
Bayona. Tiberghien – Megdoud, Maqala, M. Tuilagi, Carreras – (o) Segonds, (m) Machenaud – Capilla, Cassiem, Habel-Küffner – Paulos, Chouzenoux (cap.) – Cotet, Bosch, Cormenier.
Remplaçants: L. Martin, Villar, Poloniati, Heguy, Rouet, Lopez, martocq, Scholtz
French stadium. Jonas – Dakuwaqa, Marchant, Delbouis, Etien – (o) Carbonel, (m) Weber - Chapuis, Briatte, Huguet – Turagacoke, Gabrillagues (cap.) - P. Alo-Emile, Nicotera, M. Alo-Emile.
Substitutes: Peyresblanques, Abramishvili, Azagoh, Timo, Macalou, Motassi, Barre, Gomez Kodela.